CVE-2017-6008

high

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.

References

https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10

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

https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/

https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/

https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-13

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02775

Detections

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