CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in K7 Antivirus up to 15.1 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component IOCTL Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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). The advisory is available at support.k7computing.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-16549 since 11/06/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
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.
The entries 111915, 111917 and 111919 are related to this item.
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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Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
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unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
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-2017-16549 (🔍)
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 01/17/2018 07:53Updated: 12/23/2019 16:59
Changes: 01/17/2018 07:53 (61), 12/23/2019 16:59 (5)
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