Buffer overflow in Kaspersky Anti-Virus
CVE-2006-3074
klif.sys in Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and 7.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus (KAV) 6.0 and 7.0, KAV 6.0 for Windows Workstations, and KAV 6.0 for Windows Servers does not validate certain parameters to the (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtCreateProcess, (3) NtCreateProcessEx, (4) NtCreateSection, (5) NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject, (6) NtCreateThread, (7) NtDeleteValueKey, (8) NtLoadKey2, (9) NtOpenKey, (10) NtOpenProcess, (11) NtOpenSection, and (12) NtQueryValueKey hooked system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via an invalid parameter, as demonstrated by the ClientId parameter to NtOpenProcess.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.072 (94.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.072 · newest: 0.072 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Kaspersky Internet Security — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows Server
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27104 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34875 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18341 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- uninformed.org/index.cgi
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2145 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24491 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2333 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kaspersky.com/technews
- secunia.com/advisories/25603 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)