Privilege Escalation via a Kernel Pointer Dereference (CVE-2017-18019)

A little while ago, I discovered a vulnerability, CVE-2017-18019, affecting a kernel driver of multiple K7 Computing security products, as well as the products of Defenx, both for Windows.  Both were affected because they were using the same anti virus engine, and both are now patched. The proof of concept was based on an invalid […]

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