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CVE-2008-1518

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1518 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the kl1.sys driver within Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Internet Security versions 6.0 and 7.0. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by making a specially crafted IOCTL 0x800520e8 call. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high-severity local attack requiring low complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_anti-virus:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_anti-virus:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_internet_security:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_internet_security:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
secunia.com / advisories/30534
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42849
kaspersky.com / technews
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1739