PT-2018-16860 · Malwarebytes · Malwarebytes Premium

Published 2018-01-08 · Updated 2024-08-05 · CVE-2018-5279

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 0x9c40e02c 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, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the FARFLT.SYS driver file until a patch is available. 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-2018-5279

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11290-1

Affected Products

Malwarebytes Premium

References · 20

• 🔥 https://github.com/ZhiyuanWang-Chengdu-Qihoo360/Malwarebytes_POC/tree/master/0x9c40e02c · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5279 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5279 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11290-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102453 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1995 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5380 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/87164 · Telegram Post
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5280 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16227 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5379 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2223 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5381 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5278 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5281 · Note