CVE-2018-5218 describes an input validation vulnerability in the K7 Antivirus 15.1.0306 driver file (K7Sentry.sys). A local attacker can exploit this flaw by sending malformed input to IOCtl 0x950025b0, leading to a denial of service (Blue Screen of Death) and potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, 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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