CVE-2017-16551 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting K7 Antivirus Premium versions prior to 15.1.0.53, as well as other K7 Computing security products. It carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.0 (High), indicating that an attacker with low privileges and high attack complexity can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 15.1.0.53CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:antivirus:*:*:*:*:premium:*:*:* | ||
< 15.1.0308CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:antivirus:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:* | ||
< 14.2.0137CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 15.1.0297CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 15.1.0324CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.