CVE-2017-6008

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6008
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-13 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-29 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sophos Hitmanpro All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
(FR) Windows 10 Pool Party | NDH XV MISC www.nuitduhack.com Third Party Advisory
Kernel Pool Overflow Exploitation In Real World – Windows 10 | TRACKWATCH MISC trackwatch.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008: Exploits for CVE-2017-6008, a kernel pool buffer overflow leading to privilege escalation. MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Kernel Pool Overflow Exploitation In Real World – Windows 7 | TRACKWATCH MISC trackwatch.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
HitmanPro 3.7.15 Build 281 - Kernel Pool Overflow - Windows local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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