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CVE-2017-16555

K7 Antivirus Premium before 15.1.0.53 allows local users to gain privileges by sending a specific IOCTL after setting th

K7 Antivirus Premium before 15.1.0.53 allows local users to gain privileges by sending a specific IOCTL after setting the memory in a particular way.

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.00051
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules13 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

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k7computing antivirus< 15.1.0.53
k7computing antivirus< 15.1.0308
k7computing endpoint< 14.2.0137
k7computing internet security< 15.1.0297
k7computing total security< 15.1.0324
k7computing total security< 16.0.0131
k7computing ultimate security< 15.1.0324
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Sigma Hunt Rules

13
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalAntivirus Exploitation Framework Detection
productcriticalAntivirus Password Dumper Detection
productcriticalAntivirus Ransomware Detection
producthighAntivirus Web Shell Detection
producthighAntivirus Relevant File Paths Alerts
producthighAntivirus Hacktool Detection
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Scoring & Timeline

7
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD16 Jan 2018 · 07:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/3rd-Advisory-issued-on-6th-November-2017Vendor Advisory
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