Kaspersky Anti-Virus 'kl1.sys' Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:37044

Info

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 'kl1.sys' Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 37044
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2009-4114
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 17 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:06PM
Credit: s.leberre and heurs
Vulnerable: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 9.0.0.463
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 'kl1.sys' Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges and completely compromise the affected computer. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 9.0.0.463 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 'kl1.sys' Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following proof-of-concept code is available:

Solution / Fix

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 'kl1.sys' Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor states that the issue was fixed on October 16, 2009 and that the fix was automatically distributed to vulnerable products.

References

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 'kl1.sys' Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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