Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-4452

Title: Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Internet Security

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2009-4452

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Dec 29, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.82%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-4452: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 (5.0.712); Antivirus Personal 5.0.x; Anti-Virus 6.0 (6.0.3.837), 7 (7.0.1.325), 2009 (8.0.0.x), and 2010 (9.0.0.463); and Internet Security 7 (7.0.1.325), 2009 (8.0.0.x), and 2010 (9.0.0.463); use weak permissions (Everyone:Full Control) for the BASES directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by replacing an executable or DLL with a Trojan horse.

Impacted Vendors

kaspersky 2

kaspersky_lab 7

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/37398 http://secunia.com/advisories/37730 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10484 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508508/100/0/threaded http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023366 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023367 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3573 http://secunia.com/advisories/37398 http://secunia.com/advisories/37730 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10484 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508508/100/0/threaded http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023366 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023367 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3573

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-4452 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10484

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 29, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.