VDB-70351 · CVE-2014-2926 · VU#204988

Kaseya Virtual System Administrator up to 6.4 null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Kaseya Virtual System Administrator up to 6.4. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-2926. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kaseya Virtual System Administrator up to 6.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

kapfa.sys in Kaseya Virtual System Administrator (VSA) 6.5 before 6.5.0.17 and 7.0 before 7.0.0.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 07/14/2014 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-2926 since 04/21/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Kaseya

Name

Virtual System Administrator

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Virtual System Administrator 6.5

Timelineinfo

04/21/2014 🔍
07/14/2014 +84 days 🔍
07/14/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +255 days 🔍
08/20/2024 +3435 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-2926 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2926
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70351
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 08/20/2024 12:26
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (47), 03/07/2018 09:34 (1), 08/20/2024 12:26 (17)
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