PT-2018-16351 · Sophos · Sophos Hitmanpro.Alert

Published 2018-10-25 · Updated 2023-02-02 · CVE-2018-3971

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.3

Critical

Base vector

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

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

Description An arbitrary write issue exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to write data to an address controlled by an attacker, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker can send an IRP request to trigger this issue.

Recommendations For Sophos HitmanPro.Alert version 3.7.6.744, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-123

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-3971

Affected Products

Sophos Hitmanpro.Alert

References · 5

• 🔥 https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/11/TALOS-2018-0636.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0636 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3971 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3971 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105743 · Note