Medium severity · published Jan 6, 2017
CVE-2016-4329
A local denial of service vulnerability exists in window broadcast message handling functionality of Kaspersky Anti-Virus software
5.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A local denial of service vulnerability exists in window broadcast message handling functionality of Kaspersky Anti-Virus software. Sending certain unhandled window messages, an attacker can cause application termination and in the same way bypass KAV self-protection mechanism.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Anti-virus · Kaspersky
16.0.0.614 · source: NVD
IS
Internet Security · Kaspersky
16.0.0.614 · source: NVD
TS
Total Security · Kaspersky
16.0.0.614 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4329
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4329
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92771
Exploit
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0175/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92771/info
Vendor Advisory
https://support.kaspersky.com/vulnerability.aspx?el=12430#010916
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