CVE Catalog

CVE-2018-8726

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.40%

32th percentile - higher than 32% of all known CVEs

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in K7Antivirus Premium 15.1.0.53 by K7Computing Pvt Ltd, specifically in the K7TSMngr.exe component. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces the risk of local system compromise, potentially leading to data theft, malware installation, or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update K7Antivirus Premium to the latest version that addresses this vulnerability. Additionally, restrict local access to systems running this software.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

K7Computing Pvt Ltd K7Antivirus Premium 15.1.0.53 is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: execute arbitrary code (local). The component is: K7TSMngr.exe.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS