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CVE-2018-8044

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-11 · updated 2026-07-09
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

K7Computing Pvt Ltd K7Antivirus Premium 15.1.0.53 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: Local Process Execution (local). The component is: K7Sentry.sys.

Affected products

• K7Computing Antivrius: before 16.0.0001 — fixed in 16.0.0001
• K7Computing Enterprise Security: before 14.2.0001 — fixed in 14.2.0001
• K7Computing Total Security: before 16.0.0001 — fixed in 16.0.0001
• K7Computing Ultimate Security: before 16.0.0001 — fixed in 16.0.0001

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: K7Computing Antivrius 16.0.0001; K7Computing Enterprise Security 14.2.0001; K7Computing Total Security 16.0.0001; K7Computing Ultimate Security 16.0.0001. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-January-2021
• https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-6th-January-2021

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