CVE-2017-14961 describes an Arbitrary Write vulnerability in the ntguard.sys driver of IKARUS anti.virus 2.16.7 due to insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x8300000c. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-43139) for local privilege escalation is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite the available exploit, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.16.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ikarussecurity:anti.virus:2.16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.