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Kingsoft Antivirus 'kavfm.sys' Buffer overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with Kingsoft Antivirus and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw exists due to an error in the 'kavfm.sys' driver when processing 'IOCTLs'. This can be exploited to corrupt kernel memory and potentially execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges via a specially crafted 0x80030004 IOCTL.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Kingsoft Antivirus 2010.04.26.648 and prior
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.