CVE-2017-14968 describes an Arbitrary Write vulnerability in the ntguard.sys driver of IKARUS anti.virus versions prior to 2.16.18, stemming from insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x830000c4. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges can achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.16.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ikarussecurity:anti.virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.