Rising Antivirus SSDT() denial of service
| risingantivirus-ssdt-dos (42084) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Rising Antivirus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when handling arguments passed to the "NtOpenProcess()" System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function. By invoking the function with specially-crafted arguments, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- Rising Antivirus International, Rising Antivirus 19.60.0.0
- Rising Antivirus International, Rising Antivirus 19.66.0.0
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Rising Antivirus (20.38.20 or later), available from the RISING Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- CORE-2008-0320, Insufficient argument validation of hooked SSDT functions on multiple Antivirus and Firewalls at http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=2249.
- RISING Web site, Product Downloads at http://www.rising-global.com/Published/Download/ProductDownloads/2007-08-02/20070802162700.htm.
- BID-28744: Rising Antivirus SSDT 'NtOpenProcess()' Hook Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1738: Rising Antivirus 2008 before 20.38.20 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an invalid pointer to the _CLIENT_ID structure in a call to the NtOpenProcess hooked System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1382: Rising Antivirus NtOpenProcess() Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA30007: Rising Antivirus "NtOpenProcess()" Hooked Function Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1019946: Rising Antivirus Lets Local Users Deny Service and Potentially Gain Elevated Privileges
Reported:
Apr 28, 2008
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