SB2020102006 - Privilege escalation in Kingsoft Antivirus and Internet Security
Published: October 20, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020102006
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing IOCTL 0x80030004 or 0x80030008 by the KWatch3.sys (internet security) kernel driver. A local user can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.