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Kaspersky Anti-Virus "klif.sys" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15618
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Release Date:
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2005-06-08
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Last Update:
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2005-10-27
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Popularity:
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22,729 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.x
Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.x
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Description:
Ilya Rabinovich has reported a vulnerability in Kaspersky Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a design error in the "klif.sys" driver where the pages insecurely has the supervisor bit disabled. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code inside the driver.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 5.0.227, 5.0.228, and 5.0.335 on a system running Microsoft Windows 2000.
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