CVE-2018-5083 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in K7 AntiVirus 15.1.0306, specifically within its K7FWHlpr.sys driver, due to insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x8300215B. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a local attacker can trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code exists in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, with minimal community discussion.
| 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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