CVE-2018-16720 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Jingyun Antivirus v2.4.2.39, stemming from improper input validation in the ZySandbox.sys driver. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by sending malformed input to IOCtl 0x1236001c, leading to a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.2.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:v-secure:jingyun_antivirus:2.4.2.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.