CVE-2017-14961

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 72.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-11-15 16:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 19:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-10-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b99af2f90bfcafe43a27c04cbea989ed85df1080d73e29b6332c3ce80dc02074

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144955/IKARUS-AntiVirus-2.16.7-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• theevilbit.blogspot.co.ukhttps://theevilbit.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/turning-cve-2017-14961-ikarus-antivirus.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43139https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43139/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.ikarussecurity.comhttps://www.ikarussecurity.com/about-ikarus/security-blog/vulnerability-in-windows-antivirus-products-ik-sa-2017-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM