CVE-2017-16550
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.33% (26th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
K7 Antivirus Premium before 15.1.0.53 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a specific set of IOCTL calls.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8
v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- k7computing internet security< 15.1.0297nvdUScpe:2.3:a:k7computing:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- k7computing ultimate security< 15.1.0324nvdUScpe:2.3:a:k7computing:ultimate_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/173/41/advisory-issued-on-6th-november-2017Patchcnnvd
- https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-November-2017cnnvd
- https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-November-2017enisa_euvd
- https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-November-2017Vendor Advisorynvd
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