CVE-2019-19197 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

A local attacker can exploit a driver IOCTL flaw in Kyrol Internet Security to achieve privilege escalation, code execution, and denial of service.

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-2019-19197?

CVE-2019-19197 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IOCTL Handling in the kyrld.sys driver in Kyrol Internet Security 9.0.6.9 allows an attacker to achieve privilege escalation, denial-of-service, and code execution via usermode because 0x9C402401 using METHOD_NEITHER results in a read primitive.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19197?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Kyrolsecuritylabs Kyrol Internet Security.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19197?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19197 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-19197 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5xcf-r64j-j2m4.

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