PT-2018-16853 · Microsoft+1 · Windows+1

Published 2018-01-08 · Updated 2024-08-05 · CVE-2018-5272

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Malwarebytes Premium version 3.3.1.2183

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x9c40e004 in the driver file FARFLT.SYS. The vendor reported that they have not been able to reproduce the issue on any Windows operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit).

Recommendations For Malwarebytes Premium version 3.3.1.2183, consider disabling the FARFLT.SYS driver file as a temporary workaround 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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5272

Affected Products

Malwarebytes Premium

Windows

References · 4

• 🔥 https://github.com/ZhiyuanWang-Chengdu-Qihoo360/Malwarebytes_POC/tree/master/0x9c40e004 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5272 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89118 · Telegram Post