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CVE-2025-67826

Summary
Assigner-mitre
Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At-22 Dec, 2025 | 00:00
Updated At-22 Dec, 2025 | 16:18
Rejected At-
Credits

An issue was discovered in K7 Ultimate Security 17.0.2045. A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the K7 Ultimate Security antivirus can be exploited by a local unprivileged user on default installations of the product. Insecure access to a named pipe allows unprivileged users to edit any registry key, leading to a full compromise as SYSTEM.

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Assigner:mitre
Assigner Org ID:8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At:22 Dec, 2025 | 00:00
Updated At:22 Dec, 2025 | 16:18
Rejected At:
â–¼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

An issue was discovered in K7 Ultimate Security 17.0.2045. A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the K7 Ultimate Security antivirus can be exploited by a local unprivileged user on default installations of the product. Insecure access to a named pipe allows unprivileged users to edit any registry key, leading to a full compromise as SYSTEM.

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https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-22nd-Dec-2025
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TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-269CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-269
Description: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
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3.17.7HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 7.7
Base severity: HIGH
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â–¼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
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Source:cve@mitre.org
Published At:22 Dec, 2025 | 15:16
Updated At:02 Jan, 2026 | 15:53

An issue was discovered in K7 Ultimate Security 17.0.2045. A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the K7 Ultimate Security antivirus can be exploited by a local unprivileged user on default installations of the product. Insecure access to a named pipe allows unprivileged users to edit any registry key, leading to a full compromise as SYSTEM.

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TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary3.17.7HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Type: Secondary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 7.7
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CPE Matches
k7computing
k7computing
>>k7_ultimate_security>>17.0.2045
cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:k7_ultimate_security:17.0.2045:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-269Secondary134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE ID: CWE-269
Type: Secondary
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
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https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-22nd-Dec-2025cve@mitre.org
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https://www.k7computing.com/cve@mitre.org
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Hyperlink: https://support.k7computing.com/index.php?/selfhelp/view-article/Advisory-issued-on-22nd-Dec-2025
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Hyperlink: https://www.k7computing.com/
Source: cve@mitre.org
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