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CVE-2008-6000

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-01-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The GDTdiIcpt.sys driver in G DATA AntiVirus 2008, InternetSecurity 2008, and TotalCare 2008 populates kernel registers with IOCTL 0x8317001c input values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via a crafted IOCTL request, as demonstrated by execution of the KeSetEvent function with modified register contents.

Affected products

• Gdata Antivirus 2008: all versions
• Gdata Internetsecurity 2008: all versions
• Gdata Totalcare 2008: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31941
• http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-008.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31246
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2636
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45249
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31941
• http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-008.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31246
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2636
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45249

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