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Kaspersky AntiVirus Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Wont Fix

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is running Kaspersky AntiVirus or Workstation and is prone to Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

This flaw is due to an error in the klim5.sys driver when handling Kernel API calls IOCTL 0x80052110 which can overwrite callback function pointers and execute arbitrary codes into the context of the application.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Kaspersky AntiVirus version 7.0.1.325 and prior on Windows. Kaspersky AntiVirus Workstation version 6.0.3.837 and prior on Windows.

Solution

Solution

No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

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