CVE-2016-4329

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

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

Summary

A local denial of service vulnerability exists in window broadcast message handling functionality of Kaspersky Anti-Virus software. Sending certain unhandled window messages, an attacker can cause application termination and in the same way bypass KAV self-protection mechanism.

Affected Version(s)

Total Security 16.0.0.614

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92771
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http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0175/
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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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