CVE-2017-17429 describes an insufficient authentication vulnerability in K7 Antivirus Premium versions prior to 15.1.0.53, affecting various K7 Computing security products. A local attacker with low integrity process privileges can exploit this by sending a specific IOCTL to the K7Sentry device, gaining unauthorized raw hard disk access. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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