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CVE-2025-1055

K7RKScan.sys — elevation of privilege in K7 Computing antivirus driver

Summary

Field Value
Driver K7RKScan.sys (K7 Computing)
Vulnerability Class Elevation of Privilege
Exploited ITW No
Vendor K7 Computing

Root Cause

The K7 Computing antivirus rootkit scanner driver exposes IOCTL handlers with no access control. A local attacker can open the device and send IOCTLs that manipulate kernel state. Related to CVE-2025-52915, another K7RKScan.sys vulnerability.

Exploitation

The attacker opens the K7RKScan device and sends crafted IOCTLs to escalate privileges or terminate processes.

Exploitation Primitive

Open device handle → crafted IOCTL
  → kernel state manipulation → privilege escalation

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