Privilege escalation in Dell Protected Workspace and Invicea-X



Published: 2017-07-05
Risk Low
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-9038
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Dell Protected Workspace
Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls

Invicea-X
Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls

Vendor Dell
Invicea

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU7321

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9038

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to double fetch race condition in the SboxDrv.sys driver functionality. A local attacker can send specially crafted data to the \Device\SandboxDriverApi device driver, trigger kernel memory corruption and gain system privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Dell Protected Workspace: 6.1.3-24058

Invicea-X: 6.1.3-24058

External links

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0256


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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