# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w86f-98cr-v2wp

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3074?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 - SSDT Hooks Multiple Local Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2001-0789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0789/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-2647](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2647/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2009-4114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4114/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 4.9)
- [CVE-2009-2966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2966/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-3074 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3074 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3074/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3074/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3074
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3074
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-3074

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