PT-2018-16350 · Sophos · Sophos Hitmanpro.Alert

Published 2018-10-25 · Updated 2023-02-02 · CVE-2018-3970

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sophos HitmanPro.Alert version 3.7.6.744

Description A memory disclosure issue exists in the 0x222000 IOCTL handler functionality. This can be triggered by a specially crafted IRP request, causing the driver to return uninitialized memory and resulting in kernel memory disclosure. An attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted IRP request.

Recommendations For Sophos HitmanPro.Alert version 3.7.6.744, consider disabling the 0x222000 IOCTL handler functionality as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the driver to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-3970

Affected Products

Sophos Hitmanpro.Alert

References · 4

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0635 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3970 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3970 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105743 · Note