PT-2018-16775 · K7 · K7 Antivirus

Published 2018-01-03 · Updated 2018-01-12 · CVE-2018-5083

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions K7 AntiVirus version 15.1.0306

Description The issue is related to the driver file K7FWHlpr.sys, which does not validate input values from IOCtl 0x8300215B, allowing local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For K7 AntiVirus version 15.1.0306, consider temporarily disabling the K7FWHlpr.sys driver file until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service (BSOD) or other unspecified impacts.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5083

Affected Products

K7 Antivirus

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubyfly/K7AntiVirus_POC/tree/master/0x8300215B · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5083 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5083 · Vendor Advisory