CWE
269
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2019-16897

First published: Mon Oct 28 2019(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
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

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