CVE-2014-9642

Exp

bdagent.sys in BullGuard Antivirus, Internet Security, Premium Protection, and Online Backup before 15.0.288 allows local users to write data to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted 0x0022405c IOCTL call.

Published: 2015-02-06 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9642 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.08%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9642

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35994 exploit_db edb 2015-02-04 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9642

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 2026-02-28 1.28% 1.08% -0.20%
2 2025-06-18 0.95% 1.28% +0.33%
3 2025-06-06 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9642

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9642

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9642

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bullguard bdagent.sys <= 1.0.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:bullguard:bdagent.sys:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bullguard internet_security <= 14.1.287 cpe:2.3:a:bullguard:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bullguard online_backup <= 14.1.287 cpe:2.3:a:bullguard:online_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bullguard premium_protection <= 14.1.287 cpe:2.3:a:bullguard:premium_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9642

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