CVE-2018-6769 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Jiangmin Antivirus 16.0.0.100, specifically within its KrnlCall.sys driver. The flaw stems from insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x99008020, allowing a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a significant risk. It can be exploited locally with low attack complexity and requires low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting a low level of public awareness or concern.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
16.0.0.100CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jiangmin:antivirus:16.0.0.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.