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CVE-2015-8579

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Kaspersky Total Security 2015 15.0.2.361 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses when protecting user-mode processes, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Kaspersky Total Security 2015: 15.0.2.361

References

• http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
• http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78815
• http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
• http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78815

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