Rising Antivirus 2010 'RsAssist.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	39627
Class:	Design Error
CVE:
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Apr 22 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 22 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	NT Internals
Vulnerable:	Rising Antivirus International Rising Antivirus 2010 22.0.3
Not Vulnerable:	Rising Antivirus International Rising Antivirus 2010 22.0.3 54

Rising Antivirus 2010 'RsAssist.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Rising Antivirus 2010 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.

The issue affects Rising Antivirus 2010 versions prior to 22.0.3.54.

Rising Antivirus 2010 'RsAssist.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Rising Antivirus 2010 'RsAssist.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Reportedly the vendor has fixed the issue in version 22.0.3.54 however Symantec was unable to confirm this. Please see the references for more information.

Rising Antivirus 2010 'RsAssist.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• NT Internals (NT Internals)
  
• Rising Homepage (Rising International Software)