A years-old exploit of a local EoP vulnerability in Kingsoft Antivirus KWatch Driver version 2009.3.17.77.# CVE-2022-25949
A years-old exploit of a local EoP vulnerability in Kingsoft Antivirus KWatch Driver version 2009.3.17.77.
## 2009..?
I reported the issue in January 2014 and was notified of the CVE 8+ years later. I decided to upload this because it is amusing enough to find my old code and that it took that long.
Thus, this must not be a new vulnerability despite the new CVE -- a quick search showed multiple reports for the same-looking vulnerability already.
## Timeline
- Jan 12, 2014: I submit the issue to IPA
- Jan 15, 2014: IPA acknowledges the submission
- Mar 10, 2022: IPA notifies me for publication (I ignored it. I thought it was spam)
- Mar 15, 2022: An [advisary](https://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2022/JVNDB-2022-000021.html) published
I sill thank IPA for doing their parts and making my day.
## Notes
The vulnerable file appears to be [ffdedbaeccbcf0b697675b24ca313cbb8e1c9ba1bd2f0a0b58a2d6a04a038479](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ffdedbaeccbcf0b697675b24ca313cbb8e1c9ba1bd2f0a0b58a2d6a04a038479/details)
```
//
// Exploit for Kingsoft Antivirus KWatch Driver (KWatch3.sys)
// Target File Version: 2009.3.17.77
// Affected Product: Kingsoft Internet Security 9 Plus
//
/*
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shellcode is located at 7E7E7E7E.
The device was opened as 00000020.
Shellcode was executed.
The SYSTEM shell was launched.
This process will be suspended for ever.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\user\Desktop>whoami
nt authority\system
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
```
[4.0K] /data/pocs/2e444ab0948985ec5685e7fdf026be913d06124b
├── [1.0K] LICENSE
├── [1.7K] README.md
└── [4.0K] src
├── [4.0K] exploit_kwatch3
│ ├── [6.5K] exploit_kwatch3.cpp
│ ├── [4.1K] exploit_kwatch3.vcxproj
│ └── [ 967] exploit_kwatch3.vcxproj.filters
└── [1019] exploit_kwatch3.sln
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