CVE-2006-3074: kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-3074 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus. EPSS estimates a 7.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 19-06-2006
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

klif.sys in Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and 7.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus (KAV) 6.0 and 7.0, KAV 6.0 for Windows Workstations, and KAV 6.0 for Windows Servers does not validate certain parameters to the (1) NtCreateKey, (2) NtCreateProcess, (3) NtCreateProcessEx, (4) NtCreateSection, (5) NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject, (6) NtCreateThread, (7) NtDeleteValueKey, (8) NtLoadKey2, (9) NtOpenKey, (10) NtOpenProcess, (11) NtOpenSection, and (12) NtQueryValueKey hooked system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via an invalid parameter, as demonstrated by the ClientId parameter to NtOpenProcess.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.