Denial of Service Vulnerability in K7 Antivirus by K7 Computing
CVE-2018-5218

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

K7computing

Status
Antivirus
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 January 2018

What is CVE-2018-5218?

K7 Antivirus version 15.1.0306 contains a vulnerability in its driver file K7Sentry.sys. The vulnerability is due to a failure to validate input values properly from IOCtl 0x950025b0, which can be exploited by local users. Successful exploitation can lead to a denial of service, potentially causing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and possibly other unspecified impacts on system stability and security.

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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