CVE-2018-5088 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in K7 AntiVirus 15.1.0306, specifically within the K7FWHlpr.sys driver. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) due to insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x8300211C, potentially leading to other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can result 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 or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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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