CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6008
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• sophos hitmanpro (<= 3.7.20)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10 Third Party Advisory