{"id":"CVE-2017-16552","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16552","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:47:44.426Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2018-01-16T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["k7computing/antivirus","k7computing/endpoint","k7computing/internet security","k7computing/total security","k7computing/ultimate security"],"epss":{"score":0.00331,"percentile":0.2612,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-November-2017","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-November-2017","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16552","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}