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Kaspersky Products kl1.sys Driver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30534
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Release Date:
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2008-06-04
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Last Update:
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2008-06-05
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Popularity:
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4,079 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 6.x
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.x
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations 6.x
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.x
Kaspersky Internet Security 7.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1518
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in some Kaspersky products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the kl1.sys driver when handling IOCTL 0x800520e8. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 and 7.0
* Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and 7.0
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations
Solution:
A patch is available via the built-in automatic updating module.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Tobias Klein, reported via iDefense Labs
Changelog:
2008-06-05: Updated advisory based on additional information from iDefense Labs. Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Kaspersky Lab:
http://www.kaspersky.com/technews?id=203038727
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=704
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