CVE-2017-17429 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can escalate privileges and read raw hard disk data by sending a specific IOCTL to the K7Sentry device due to insufficient authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17429?
CVE-2017-17429 is a medium-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
In K7 Antivirus Premium before 15.1.0.53, user-controlled input to the K7Sentry device is not sufficiently authenticated: a local user with a LOW integrity process can access a raw hard disk by sending a specific IOCTL.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17429?
It affects 5 products.
Products include K7computing Antivirus, K7computing Endpoint, K7computing Internet Security, K7computing Total Security, K7computing Ultimate Security.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17429?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17429 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-17429 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17429 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r9mg-3q2x-5r7p.