CVE-2017-16551 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2017-16551?

CVE-2017-16551 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

K7 Antivirus Premium before 15.1.0.53 allows local users to gain privileges by sending a specific IOCTL after setting the memory in a particular way.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16551?

It affects 5 products.

Products include K7computing Antivirus, K7computing Endpoint, K7computing Internet Security, K7computing Total Security, K7computing Ultimate Security.

How do I fix CVE-2017-16551?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16551 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-16551 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16551 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-17699 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-17700 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-17701 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-17464 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-17465 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mqhh-g8w6-m92j.