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CVE-2018-3971

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 25, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHitmanpro.alert

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105743
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0636

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-123

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