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.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 78th percentile

Published

2017-09-13

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/
• https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/
• cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008119★ · 2024-11-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-6007
• CVE-2017-6019
• CVE-2017-5991
• CVE-2017-6020
• CVE-2017-5984
• CVE-2017-6026