Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-9642 · published 6 February 2015

CVE-2014-9642: Bullguard bdagent.sys permissions and access controls vulnerability

BBullguard · Bdagent.Sys

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.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 1.1% · top 36.1% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls

7.2CVSS 2.0 base score

1.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

4Affected product versions listed by NVD

10References, 6 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

BBdagent.Sys Bullguard BInternet Security Bullguard BOnline Backup Bullguard BPremium Protection Bullguard

References

Link	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130247/BullGuard-14.1.285.4-Privilege-Escalation.html	Exploit
http://www.bullguard.com/about/release-notes.aspx	Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35994	Exploit
http://www.greyhathacker.net/?p=818	Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/114478
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130247/BullGuard-14.1.285.4-Privilege-Escalation.html	Exploit
http://www.bullguard.com/about/release-notes.aspx	Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35994	Exploit
http://www.greyhathacker.net/?p=818	Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/114478

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-9642), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.