High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14961
CVE-2017-14961
Description
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:ikarussecurity:anti.virus:2.16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ikarussecurity:anti.virus:2.16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 2.16.7
Patches
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References
4- theevilbit.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/turning-cve-2017-14961-ikarus-antivirus.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/144955/IKARUS-AntiVirus-2.16.7-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43139/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ikarussecurity.com/about-ikarus/security-blog/vulnerability-in-windows-antivirus-products-ik-sa-2017-0002/nvdVendor Advisory
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