Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8579

Title: Kaspersky Total Security 2015

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8579.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Dec 16, 2015
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8579: Kaspersky Total Security 2015 15.0.2.361 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses when protecting user-mode processes, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

Impacted Vendors

K
kaspersky 1

Reference Links

http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78815 http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78815
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.4
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8579 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.