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Kingsoft Antivirus 'KisKrnl.sys' Driver Denial of Service 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 denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error when handling system service calls in the 'kisknl.sys' driver which can be exploited to cause a page fault error in the kernel and crash the system.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Kingsoft Antivirus version 2011.1.13.89 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.