CVE-2017-16550

moderate-risk
Published 2018-01-16

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Affected Vendors

38
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate