kaspersky anti-virus 5.0.227/5.0.228/5.0.325/5.0.335 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in kaspersky anti-virus 5.0.227/5.0.228/5.0.325/5.0.335 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1905. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in kaspersky anti-virus 5.0.227/5.0.228/5.0.325/5.0.335 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

the klif.sys driver in kaspersky labs anti-virus 5.0.227 5.0.228 and 5.0.335 on windows 2000 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying certain critical code addresses that are later accessed by privileged programs.

The weakness was shared 06/09/2005 by Alex with Yandex (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1905 since 06/08/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Ilya Rabinovich and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at softsphere.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (1032), SecurityFocus (BID 13878†), OSVDB (17200†) and Secunia (SA15618†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Ilya Rabinovich
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kaspersky.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Alex
Organization: Yandex
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1905 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1905
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25484
SecurityFocus: 13878 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Klif.Sys Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 15618 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus "klif.sys" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17200 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus klif.sys Local Privilege Escalation

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/09/2018 09:01
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (51), 07/09/2018 09:01 (15)
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