CVE-2009-0449 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the klim5.sys driver of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Workstations 6.0 and Anti-Virus 2008. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by making a specially crafted IOCTL 0x80052110 call. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, as it permits complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_anti-virus:6.0:*:workstations:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2008CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_anti-virus:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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