CVE-2018-5079 describes an input validation vulnerability in the K7 AntiVirus 15.1.0306 driver file (K7FWHlpr.sys). This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (Blue Screen of Death) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by sending malformed input to IOCtl 0x83002130. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with low attack complexity and requiring only local user privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.1.0306CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:antivirus:15.1.0306:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.