Check Point ZoneAlarm vsdatant.sys privilege escalation
| zonealarm-vsdatant-privilege-escalation (36107) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Check Point ZoneAlarm could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by a vulnerability in the vsdatant.sys device driver. By sending a specially-crafted address, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary system memory and execute arbitrary code with ring0 privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.2 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Check Point ZoneAlarm (7.0.362 or later), available from the Check Point ZoneAlarm Service and Support Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Aug 20 2007 - 11:56:34 CDT: CheckPoint ZoneLabs Vsdatant.sys multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
- Check Point ZoneAlarm Service and Support Web site: ZoneAlarm by Check Point - Award winning PC Protection, Antivirus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware, Identity Protection, and much more..
- iDefense Labs PUBLIC ADVISORY: 08.20.07: Check Point Zone Labs VSDATANT Multiple IOCTL Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities.
- BID-25365: Check Point Zone Labs Multiple Products Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
- BID-25377: RETIRED: Check Point ZoneAlarm Multiple Products Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4216: vsdatant.sys 6.5.737.0 in Check Point Zone Labs ZoneAlarm before 7.0.362 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) in a METHOD_NEITHER (1) IOCTL 0x8400000F or (2) IOCTL 0x84000013 request, which can be used to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.
- SA26513: ZoneAlarm Products Insecure Directory Permissions and IOCTL Handler Privilege Escalation
- SECTRACK ID: 1018589: ZoneAlarm IOCTL Validation Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2929: ZoneAlarm Products ACL and IOCTL Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- CheckPoint ZoneAlarm 7.0.337.0
Reported:
Aug 20, 2007
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