{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16897 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2019-16897 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-16897 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2019-16897 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16897 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16897/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16897/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-16897","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16897/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-16897","record":{"aliases":["CVE-2019-16898","GHSA-9fx5-x523-x375"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"K7 Antivirus","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A local attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting improper administrative privilege validation in K7 Antivirus modules to perform arbitrary registry writes.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"k7_antivirus_premium","vendor":"k7computing"},{"product":"k7_total_security","vendor":"k7computing"},{"product":"k7_ultimate_security","vendor":"k7computing"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"In K7 Antivirus Premium 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120; K7 Total Security 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120; and K7 Ultimate Security 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120, the module K7TSHlpr.dll improperly validates the administrative privileges of the user, allowing arbitrary registry writes in the K7AVOptn.dll module to facilitate escalation of privileges via inter-process communication with a service process.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-16897","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2019"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-16899"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-16896"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2019-10-28","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A local attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting improper administrative privilege validation in K7 Antivirus modules to perform arbitrary registry writes.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16897/"}