CVE-2018-5081 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in K7 AntiVirus 15.1.0306, specifically within its K7FWHlpr.sys driver. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) by providing invalid input to IOCtl 0x830020F0, potentially leading to other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and user privileges, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion 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
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