Improper access control in Kaspersky Internet Security
Priority LOW 25CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the syscall filtering functionality of Kaspersky Internet Security KLIF driver. A specially crafted native api call can cause a access violation in KLIF kernel driver resulting in local denial of service. An attacker can run program from user-mode to trigger this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00486 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-4305
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3xjm-8cmc-j37j
References
More Kaspersky Internet Security vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-10539 Kaspersky Anti-Virus products for home and Kaspersky Endpoint Security with antivirus… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-09495 Incorrect permission assignment in Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Internet Security for Android… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-09496 In Kaspersky Internet Security for Android 11.12.4.1622, some of the application trace files were not encrypted. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-11771 Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-11772 Open redirect in Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2016-03713 Improper input validation in Kaspersky Total Security CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2016-4305 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-4305 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3xjm-8cmc-j37j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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