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Kaspersky Anti-Virus klif.sys Hooked Functions Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA25603
Release Date: 2007-06-12
Last Update: 2009-08-24
Popularity: 9,247 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.x
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Server 6.x
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations 6.x
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.x

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Description:
EP_X0FF has reported some vulnerabilities in Kasperky Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors within klif.sys when handling the parameters of hooked functions. These can be exploited to cause a DoS by calling "NtCreateKey()", "NtCreateProcess()", "NtCreateProcessEx()", "NtCreateSection()", "NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject()", "NtCreateThread()", "NtDeleteValueKey()", "NtLoadKey2()", "NtOpenKey()", "NtOpenProcess()", "NtOpenSection()", or "NtQueryValueKey()" with a specially crafted parameter.

The vulnerabilities reportedly affect the following products and versions for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 x86, and Windows XP x86 :
* Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 / 7.0
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 / 7.0
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations 6.0
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers

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