PT-2018-16811 · K7 · K7 Antivirus

Published 2018-01-04 · Updated 2018-01-11 · CVE-2018-5219

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 arises from the driver file K7FWHlpr.sys not validating input values from IOCtl 0x83002168, 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 disabling the K7FWHlpr.sys driver file as a temporary workaround 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-2018-5219

Affected Products

K7 Antivirus

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubyfly/K7AntiVirus_POC/tree/master/1_83002168 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5219 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5219 · Security Note