CVE-2016-4025

medium
Published 2016-11-03 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Avast Internet Security v11.x.x, Pro Antivirus v11.x.x, Premier v11.x.x, Free Antivirus v11.x.x, Business Security v11.x.x, Endpoint Protection v8.x.x, Endpoint Protection Plus v8.x.x, Endpoint Protection Suite v8.x.x, Endpoint Protection Suite Plus v8.x.x, File Server Security v8.x.x, and Email Server Security v8.x.x allow attackers to bypass the DeepScreen feature via a DeviceIoControl call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
avastbusiness_security11.1.2241
avastbusiness_security11.1.2245
avastbusiness_security11.1.2253
avastbusiness_security11.1.2260
avastbusiness_security11.1.2261
avastbusiness_security11.1.2262
avastfree_antivirus11.1.2241
avastfree_antivirus11.1.2245
avastfree_antivirus11.1.2253
avastfree_antivirus11.1.2260
avastfree_antivirus11.1.2261
avastfree_antivirus11.1.2262
avastinternet_security11.1.2241
avastinternet_security11.1.2245
avastinternet_security11.1.2253
avastinternet_security11.1.2260
avastinternet_security11.1.2261
avastinternet_security11.1.2262
avastpremier11.1.2241
avastpremier11.1.2245
avastpremier11.1.2253
avastpremier11.1.2260
avastpremier11.1.2261
avastpremier11.1.2262
avastpro_antivirus11.1.2241
avastpro_antivirus11.1.2245
avastpro_antivirus11.1.2253
avastpro_antivirus11.1.2260
avastpro_antivirus11.1.2261
avastpro_antivirus11.1.2262
avastemail_server_security{"endIncluding":"8.0.1609"}
avastemail_server_security8.0.1606
avastendpoint_protection{"endIncluding":"8.0.1609"}
avastendpoint_protection8.0.1606
avastendpoint_protection_plus8.0.1606
avastendpoint_protection_plus8.0.1609
avastendpoint_protection_suite{"endIncluding":"8.0.1609"}
avastendpoint_protection_suite8.0.1606
avastendpoint_protection_suite_plus{"endIncluding":"8.0.1609"}
avastendpoint_protection_suite_plus8.0.1606
avastfile_server_security{"endIncluding":"8.0.1609"}
avastfile_server_security8.0.1606

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.