CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-16897

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2019-10-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-10-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

In K7 Antivirus Premium 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120; K7 Total Security 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120; and K7 Ultimate Security 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120, the module K7TSHlpr.dll improperly validates the administrative privileges of the user, allowing arbitrary registry writes in the K7AVOptn.dll module to facilitate escalation of privileges via inter-process communication with a service process.

Affected configurations

• k7computing k7 antivirus premium (>= 16.0.000 <= 16.0.0120) • k7computing k7 total security (>= 16.0.000 <= 16.0.0120) • k7computing k7 ultimate security (>= 16.0.000 <= 16.0.0120)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References