CVE-2010-1591 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by sending crafted IOCTL requests to vulnerable Rising Antivirus kernel drivers.

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-2010-1591?

CVE-2010-1591 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Apr 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Beijing Rising International Rising Antivirus 2008 through 2010 does not properly validate input to certain IOCTLs, including 0x83003C07, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted IOCTL requests to the (1) HookCont.sys, (2) HookNtos.sys, (3) HOOKREG.sys, or (4) HookSys.sys device driver; or the (5) RsNTGdi.sys kernel module, reachable through \Device\RSNTGDI.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1591?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rising-Global Rising Antivirus.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1591?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1591 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-1591 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1591 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6m4q-47fc-c7jm.

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