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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-1491

A vulnerability was found in Max Secure Anti Virus Plus 19.0.2.1.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.30%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A vulnerability was found in Max Secure Anti Virus Plus 19.0.2.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function 0x220020 in the library MaxCryptMon.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-223377 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.30% probability · 23th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
maxpcsecure/anti virus plus
Source
cna@vuldb.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.