Anti-Keylogger Elite AKEProtect.sys privilege escalation
| antikeylogger-akeprotect-priv-escalation (46465) |  High Risk |
Description:
Anti-Keylogger Elite could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper validation of parameters by the AKEProtect.sys driver. If the Anti-Keylogger Elite GUI is not running, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 0x002224A4, 0x002224C0, and 0x002224CC IOCTL codes to execute arbitrary code on the system with kernel-level privileges or cause the system to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6.9 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Advisory NTIADV0802: Anti-Trojan Elite and Anti-Keylogger Elite Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities.
- ISecSoft Web site: Remove trojan, keylogger and spyware.
- BID-32202: Multiple ISecSoft Products Multiple IOCTL Request Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-5049: Buffer overflow in AKEProtect.sys 3.3.3.0 in ISecSoft Anti-Keylogger Elite 3.3.0 and earlier, and possibly other versions including 3.3.3, allows local users to gain privileges via long inputs to the (1) 0x002224A4, (2) 0x002224C0, and (3) 0x002224CC IOCTL.
- SA32634: Anti-Keylogger Elite "AKEProtect.sys" IOCTL Handling Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- ISecSoft Anti-Keylogger Elite 3.3.3
Reported:
Nov 07, 2008
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