High severity · published Jan 16, 2018
CVE-2017-16552
K7 Antivirus Premium before 15.1.0.53 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a specific set of IOCTL calls
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
K7 Antivirus Premium before 15.1.0.53 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a specific set of IOCTL calls.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Antivirus · K7computing
before 15.1.0.53; before 15.1.0308 · source: NVD
EN
Endpoint · K7computing
before 14.2.0137 · source: NVD
IS
Internet Security · K7computing
before 15.1.0297 · source: NVD
TS
Total Security · K7computing
before 15.1.0324; before 16.0.0131 · source: NVD
US
Ultimate Security · K7computing
before 15.1.0324 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16552
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16552
Vendor Advisory
https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-November-2017
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