Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2008/6.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2008/6.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-0449. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2008/6.0 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in klim5.sys in Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Workstations 6.0 and Anti-Virus 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via an IOCTL 0x80052110 call.

The weakness was published 02/10/2009 by Ruben Santamarta with Wintercore (Website). The advisory is shared for download at wintercore.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0449 since 02/05/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day 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 (32771), SecurityFocus (BID 33561†), Secunia (SA33788†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021661†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 800242
OpenVAS Name: Kaspersky AntiVirus Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kaspersky.com

Advisory: wintercore.com
Researcher: Ruben Santamarta
Organization: Wintercore
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-0449 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0449
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46420
SecurityFocus: 33561 - Multiple Kaspersky Products 'klim5.sys' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 33788 - Kaspersky Products klim5.sys Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1021661

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/22/2025 18:37
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (58), 10/27/2018 04:57 (8), 10/22/2025 18:37 (21)
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