High severity · published Sep 13, 2017
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…
7.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HI
Hitmanpro · Sophos
through 3.7.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6008
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6008
Exploit
https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008
Exploit
https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/
Exploit
https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10
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