CVE-2018-8044 is an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability affecting K7Computing Pvt Ltd K7Antivirus Premium 15.1.0.53 and related K7 security products. The vulnerability, residing in the K7Sentry.sys component, allows a local attacker to achieve local process execution. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), it requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.0.0001CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:antivrius:*:*:*:*:premium:*:*:* | ||
< 14.2.0001CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:enterprise_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.0.0001CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:total_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.0.0001CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:ultimate_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.