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CVE-2017-14961

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

In IKARUS anti.virus 2.16.7, the ntguard.sys driver contains an Arbitrary Write vulnerability because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x8300000c.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Ikarussecurity — Anti.virus

CWEs

References

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