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CVE-2014-9642

BullGuard (Multiple Products) - Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

5
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

bdagent.sys en BullGuard Antivirus, Internet Security, Premium Protection, y Online Backup anterior a 15.0.288 permite a usuarios locales escribir datos a localizaciones de memoria arbitrarias, y como consecuencia ganar privilegios, a través de una llamada IOCTL 0x0022405c manipulada.

Multiple products from BullGuard suffer from an arbitrary write privilege escalation vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2015-01-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2015-02-04 First Exploit
  • 2015-02-05 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Bullguard
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Bdagent.sys
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<= 1.0.0.6
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Affected
in Bullguard
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Internet Security
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<= 14.1.287
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Affected
Bullguard
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Bdagent.sys
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<= 1.0.0.6
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Affected
in Bullguard
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Online Backup
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<= 14.1.287
Search vendor "Bullguard" for product "Online Backup" and version " <= 14.1.287"
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Affected
Bullguard
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Bdagent.sys
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<= 1.0.0.6
Search vendor "Bullguard" for product "Bdagent.sys" and version " <= 1.0.0.6"
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Affected
in Bullguard
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Premium Protection
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<= 14.1.287
Search vendor "Bullguard" for product "Premium Protection" and version " <= 14.1.287"
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Affected