K7 Antivirus Denial of Service Vulnerability Affecting Local Users
CVE-2018-5217

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

K7computing

Status
Antivirus
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 January 2018

What is CVE-2018-5217?

The K7 Antivirus product version 15.1.0306 is affected by a vulnerability that allows local users to exploit the driver file (K7Sentry.sys). This vulnerability arises from the failure to validate input values associated with the IOCtl command 0x95002578. By manipulating these input values, an attacker can induce a denial of service condition, potentially leading to a blue screen of death (BSOD) or other unspecified impacts. It poses risks to system stability and user security for those utilizing the affected version.

References

https://github.com/rubyfly/K7AntiVirus_POC/tree/master/1_...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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