Vectra Labs vulnerability research

Disclosed vulnerabilities

Vectra Labs operates a coordinated vulnerability disclosure program. The vulnerabilities listed below were discovered by our researchers and responsibly disclosed to the affected vendor before public release.

High

LAN-side unauthenticated remote code execution in D-Link DIR-822 routers via stack-based buffer overflow in HNAP

D-Link · DIR-822

A stack-based buffer overflow in the HNAP service of D-Link DIR-822 routers permits an unauthenticated attacker on the local network to achieve remote code execution as root. Discovered during opportunistic SOHO router research and reported to the vendor under coordinated disclosure.

CVE
TBC
CVSS
TBC
High

Out-of-bounds write in Avast Antivirus sandbox driver (aswSnx.sys) due to time-of-check time-of-use race condition

Avast / Gen Digital · aswSnx.sys

A TOCTOU race condition in the Avast Antivirus sandbox kernel driver (aswSnx.sys) leads to an out-of-bounds write, allowing local privilege escalation. Reported to Avast and remediated in coordinated disclosure.

CVE
CVE-2023-5760
CVSS
8.2

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