Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus NDIS-TDI Hooking Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:20635

Info

Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus NDIS-TDI Hooking Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20635
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2006-4926
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 19 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 31 2006 03:32PM
Credit: Rubén Santamarta is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus Personal Pro 5.0
Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus Personal 5.0
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstation 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus NDIS-TDI Hooking Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges. This may facilitate a complete compromise of the affected computer.

Exploit / POC

Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus NDIS-TDI Hooking Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following exploits are available.

Solution / Fix

Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus NDIS-TDI Hooking Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue. The update is automatically obtained through the regular signature-update functionality.

References

Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus NDIS-TDI Hooking Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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