K7 Ultimate Security 16.0.0117 K7RKScan.sys null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in K7 Ultimate Security. The impacted element is an unknown function in the library K7RKScan.sys. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-36424. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in K7 Ultimate Security. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality in the library K7RKScan.sys. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

K7RKScan.sys in K7 Ultimate Security before 17.0.2019 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) because of a NULL pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-36424 since 05/27/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 17.0.2019 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (52158) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-36077). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ultimate Security 17.0.2019

Timelineinfo

05/27/2024 🔍
08/06/2024 +71 days 🔍
08/06/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/15/2025 +312 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-36424 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-36424
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-273764
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2024 17:01
Updated: 06/15/2025 00:54
Changes: 08/06/2024 17:01 (54), 08/13/2024 06:16 (12), 05/13/2025 15:33 (11), 06/15/2025 00:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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