CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in K7 Antivirus up to 15.1 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component IOCTL Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 01/15/2018. The weakness was shared 01/16/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.k7computing.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-16554 since 11/06/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading to version 15.1.0.53 eliminates this vulnerability.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
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0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Antivirus 15.1.0.53
Timeline
11/06/2017 🔍01/15/2018 🔍
01/16/2018 🔍
01/16/2018 🔍
01/17/2018 🔍
12/23/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: support.k7computing.comStatus: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2017-16554 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 01/17/2018 07:53Updated: 12/23/2019 17:31
Changes: 01/17/2018 07:53 (61), 12/23/2019 17:31 (5)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:A93:103
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