Description
An issue was discovered in K7 Ultimate Security 17.0.2045. A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the K7 Ultimate Security antivirus can be exploited by a local unprivileged user on default installations of the product. Insecure access to a named pipe allows unprivileged users to edit any registry key, leading to a full compromise as SYSTEM.
Affected products
k7computing: k7 ultimate security
References2
- support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Adviso… Vendor Advisory
- www.k7computing.com/ Product
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.7
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 4 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-269
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