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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.

Published

2017-09-13T08:29:00.360

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sophos	hitmanpro	≤ 3.7.20	Yes

References

https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/ ([email protected])
https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008 Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)