What is CVE-2016-4305?

CVE-2016-4305 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kaspersky Internet Security, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-4305?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kaspersky Internet Security

CVE-2016-4305

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the syscall filtering functionality of Kaspersky Internet Security KLIF driver. A specially crafted native api call can cause a access violation in KLIF kernel driver resulting in local denial of…

EPSS: 0.005 (39.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Kaspersky Internet Security — versions 16.0.0, KLIF driver version 10.0.0.1532
Kaspersky Internet_security — versions 16.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

cret@cert.org (Technical Description, Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cret@cert.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cret@cert.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
nvd@nist.gov (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4305?: CVE-2016-4305 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kaspersky Internet Security, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-4305?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.