CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in K7 Antivirus up to 15.1 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component IOCTL Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 01/15/2018. The weakness was presented 01/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at support.k7computing.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-16553 since 11/06/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is required for exploitation. 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.
See 111916, 111920 and 111922 for similar entries.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.0
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: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
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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Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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-2017-16553 (🔍)
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 01/17/2018 07:53Updated: 12/23/2019 17:26
Changes: 01/17/2018 07:53 (61), 12/23/2019 17:26 (5)
Complete: 🔍
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