CVE-2009-2966

Kaspersky 2010 - Remote Memory Corruption / Denial of Service (PoC)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

avp.exe in Kaspersky Internet Security 9.0.0.459 and Anti-Virus 9.0.0.463 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and network connectivity loss) via an HTTP URL request that contains a large number of dot "." characters.

avp.exe en Kaspersky Internet Security v9.0.0.459 y Anti-Virus v9.0.0.463 permite a atacantes remotos producir una denegación de servicio (consumo de CPU y perdida de conectividad con la red) a través de una petición de URL HTTP que contiene un gran numero de puntos ".".

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-08-25 CVE Reserved
2009-08-25 CVE Published
2009-08-28 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.h-online.com/security/Kaspersky-confirm-and-close-DoS-vulnerability--/news/114077	X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/57173	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022754	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022755	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52571	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9537	2009-08-28
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html	2024-08-07
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/66	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36084	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/36405	2017-08-17

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kaspersky Search vendor "Kaspersky"		Kaspersky Anti-virus Search vendor "Kaspersky" for product "Kaspersky Anti-virus"				9.0.0.463 Search vendor "Kaspersky" for product "Kaspersky Anti-virus" and version "9.0.0.463"		-		Affected
Kaspersky Search vendor "Kaspersky"		Kaspersky Internet Security Search vendor "Kaspersky" for product "Kaspersky Internet Security"				9.0.0.459 Search vendor "Kaspersky" for product "Kaspersky Internet Security" and version "9.0.0.459"		-		Affected