Denial of Service Vulnerability in Kaspersky Internet Security KLIF Driver
CVE-2016-4305

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Kaspersky
Status
Internet Security
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 January 2017

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the syscall filtering functionality of the KLIF driver in Kaspersky Internet Security, which can be exploited by a specially crafted native API call. This can lead to an access violation within the kernel driver, resulting in a local denial of service condition. Attackers may leverage user-mode programs to trigger this vulnerability, affecting system stability and security.

Affected Version(s)

Internet Security 16.0.0, KLIF driver version 10.0.0.1532

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0167/
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036702
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036703
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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