CVE-2014-9643 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a kernel driver vulnerability in K7 Computing security products to write to arbitrary memory and gain elevated 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-2014-9643?
CVE-2014-9643 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
K7Sentry.sys in K7 Computing Ultimate Security, Anti-Virus Plus, and Total Security before 14.2.0.253 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted 0x95002570, 0x95002574, 0x95002580, 0x950025a8, 0x950025ac, or 0x950025c8 IOCTL call.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9643?
It affects 4 products.
Products include K7computing Anti-Virus Plus, K7computing K7sentry.sys, K7computing Total Security, K7computing Ultimate Security.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9643?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9643 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9643 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9643 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h33w-46pj-6363.