Buffer overflow in klim5.sys in Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Workstations 6.0 and Anti-Virus 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via an IOCTL 0x80052110 call.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0449 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.96%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32771 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-02-02 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.27% | 0.96% | +0.68% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.12% | 0.27% | +0.16% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.12% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| kaspersky_lab | kaspersky_anti-virus | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_anti-virus:6.0:*:workstations:*:*:*:*:* |
| kaspersky_lab | kaspersky_anti-virus | 2008 | cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_anti-virus:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |