PT-2018-16580 · Sophos · Sophos Endpoint Protection

Hyp3Rlinx + 1 · Published 2018-04-05 · Updated 2018-05-18 · CVE-2018-4863

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sophos Endpoint Protection version 10.7

Description The issue allows local users to bypass an intended tamper protection mechanism. This is achieved by deleting a specific registry key, HKEY LOCAL MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesSophos Endpoint Defense.

Recommendations For Sophos Endpoint Protection version 10.7, consider restricting access to the registry key HKEY LOCAL MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesSophos Endpoint Defense to prevent tamper protection bypass. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4863

Affected Products

Sophos Endpoint Protection

References · 5

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/6 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44410 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SOPHOS-ENDPOINT-PROTECTION-v10.7-TAMPER-PROTECTION-BYPASS-CVE-2018-4863.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4863 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4863 · Vendor Advisory