# CVE-2009-2450: The OAmon.sys kernel driver 3.1.0.0 and earlier in Tall Emu Online Armor Personal Firewall AV+ before 3.5.0.12, and Personal Firewall 3.5 be

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-07-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The OAmon.sys kernel driver 3.1.0.0 and earlier in Tall Emu Online Armor Personal Firewall AV+ before 3.5.0.12, and Personal Firewall 3.5 before 3.5.0.14, allows local users to gain privileges via crafted METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL requests to \Device\OAmon containing arbitrary kernel addresses, as demonstrated using the 0x830020C3 IOCTL.

## What to do

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50960
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35227
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8875
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2009-OAmon_Exp.zip
- http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0806/ntiadv0806.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8875

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