CVE-2006-3074 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system reboot by passing invalid parameters to hooked system calls in Kaspersky security software.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3074?
CVE-2006-3074 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jun 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3074?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Kaspersky Internet Security.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3074?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-3074 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3074 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w86f-98cr-v2wp.