CVE-2019-16897

published 2019-10-28

CVE-2019-16897: 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…

Priority P3 54 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

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

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.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
k7computing	k7_antivirus_premium	16.0.000 – 16.0.0120	—
k7computing	k7_total_security	16.0.000 – 16.0.0120	—
k7computing	k7_ultimate_security	16.0.000 – 16.0.0120	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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