CVE-2014-9642

7.2 · HIGH

Published Feb 6, 2015 bullguard CWE-264 EPSS 1.08% (63th pctl) AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Overview

CVE-2014-9642 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting bullguard bdagent.sys. It was published on February 6, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from bullguard. Update bdagent.sys to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Status
bullguard	bdagent.sys	Affected
bullguard	internet_security	Affected
bullguard	online_backup	Affected
bullguard	premium_protection	Affected

References

Ref packetstormsecurity.com/files/130247/BullGuard-14.1.285.4-Privilege-Escalation.html Ref www.bullguard.com/about/release-notes.aspx Ref www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35994 Ref www.greyhathacker.net/?p=818 Ref www.osvdb.org/114478 Ref packetstormsecurity.com/files/130247/BullGuard-14.1.285.4-Privilege-Escalation.html Ref www.bullguard.com/about/release-notes.aspx Ref www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35994 Ref www.greyhathacker.net/?p=818 Ref www.osvdb.org/114478

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2014-9642?

CVE-2014-9642 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting bullguard bdagent.sys. It was published on February 6, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2014-9642?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2014-9642?

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