Multiple Kaspersky Products 'klim5.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:33561

Info

Multiple Kaspersky Products 'klim5.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 33561
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 02 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 12 2009 03:18PM
Credit: Ruben Santamarta of Wintercore.
Vulnerable: Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstation 6.0
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Kaspersky Products 'klim5.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Multiple Kaspersky products are prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because the applications fail to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

This issue affects versions in the following product groups:

Kaspersky AV 2008
Kaspersky AV for WorkStations 6.0

Exploit / POC

Multiple Kaspersky Products 'klim5.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Multiple Kaspersky Products 'klim5.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Multiple Kaspersky Products 'klim5.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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