CVE-2017-16550 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-November-2017

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8