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ID:1254 - Exploit for Privilege escalation in Kaspersky Anti-Virus - CVE-2017-9811
ID:1254 - Exploit for Privilege escalation in Kaspersky Anti-Virus - CVE-2017-9811
Published: March 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7235
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9811
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Local access
Vulnerable software:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the quarantine read and write operations. A local attacker with 'kluser' privileges can send a specially crafted input to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.Remediation
Update to version 8.0.4.312.