CVE-2017-6008

A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the HitmanPro.Alert solution and Sophos Clean) allows local users to escalate privileges via a malformed IOCTL call.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-09-13

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Hitmanpro (Sophos)

References

• https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008
• https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/
• https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/
• https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10