CVE-2014-9633

high

Published 2015-02-03 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

The bdisk.sys driver in COMODO Backup before 4.4.1.23 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted device handle, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-35905 local windows

Parvez Anwar · 2015-01-26

Comodo Backup 4.4.0.0 - Null Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
comodo	backup	`{"endIncluding":"4.4.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.