CVE-2018-3971

An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744

Critical · published October 25, 2018

CVSS v3.0
9.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to write data under controlled by an attacker address, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker can send IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
9.3 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00541 · 44.4th percentile
Published
2018-10-25T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 OCT 18:00Z
    An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744
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