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CVE-2014-9643 json

K7Sentry.sys in K7 Computing Ultimate Security, Anti-Virus Plus, and Total Security before 14.2.0.253 allows local users to write to arbitr…

published 2015-02-06 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9453

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

K7Sentry.sys in K7 Computing Ultimate Security, Anti-Virus Plus, and Total Security before 14.2.0.253 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted 0x95002570, 0x95002574, 0x95002580, 0x950025a8, 0x950025ac, or 0x950025c8 IOCTL call.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-35992)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-35992 K7 Computing (Multiple Products) - Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation local, 2015-02-04
  • greyhathacker.net http://www.greyhathacker.net/?p=818 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130246/K7-Computing-14.2.0.240-Privilege-Escalation.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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