[security-alerts] FW: [SA22478] Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus IOCTL Privilege Escalation

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> TITLE:
> Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus IOCTL Privilege Escalation
> 
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA22478
> 
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/22478/
> 
> CRITICAL:
> Less critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> Privilege escalation
> 
> WHERE:
> Local system
> 
> SOFTWARE:
> Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.x
> http://secunia.com/product/10470/
> Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.x
> http://secunia.com/product/2781/
> Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.x
> http://secunia.com/product/916/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> A vulnerability has been reported in Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus, which
> can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
> privileges.
> 
> A design error due to improper address space validation in the
> KLIN.sys and KLICK.sys device drivers when processing IOCTL
> 0x80052110 requests can be exploited via a specially crafted IRP
> structure passed to the vulnerable IOCTL handler.
> 
> Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with
> kernel-level privileges.
> 
> The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0.0.281 of the device
> drivers, which are included in Kaspersky Labs Anti-Virus 6.0.0.303.
> Other versions may also be affected.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 2.0.0.333 of the device drivers via Kaspersky's
> Update service.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> RubИn Santamarta, reversemode.com.
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> iDefense Labs:
> http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.
> php?id=425
>