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CVE-2018-3971

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CVE-2018-3971

Published: Oct 25, 2018

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

9.3

CRITICAL

Description

An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to write data under controlled by an attacker address, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker can send IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.

VendorProductVersions

Talos

Sophos

affected
Sophos HitmanPro.Alert - hmpalert.sys 3.7.6.744 - Windows 7 x86

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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