CVE-2014-9642 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a kernel driver flaw in BullGuard products to write to arbitrary memory and escalate privileges.
- 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-2014-9642?
CVE-2014-9642 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Feb 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
bdagent.sys in BullGuard Antivirus, Internet Security, Premium Protection, and Online Backup before 15.0.288 allows local users to write data to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted 0x0022405c IOCTL call.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9642?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Bullguard Bdagent.sys, Bullguard Internet Security, Bullguard Online Backup, Bullguard Premium Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9642?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9642 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9642 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vwf9-jmrq-f5rf.