PT-2018-18768 · Iobit · Advanced Systemcare Ultimate

Published 2018-03-25 · Updated 2018-03-30 · CVE-2018-8998

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 Advanced SystemCare Ultimate version 11.0.1.58

Description The issue is related to the driver file Monitor x86.sys, which does not validate input values from IOCtl 0x9c4060cc, allowing local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Advanced SystemCare Ultimate version 11.0.1.58, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version allows for potential denial of service or other unspecified impacts due to the lack of input validation in the Monitor x86.sys driver file. 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-2018-8998

Affected Products

Advanced Systemcare Ultimate

References · 3

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/D0neMkj/POC_BSOD/tree/master/Advanced%20SystemCare%20Utimate/Monitor_win7_x86.sys-0x9c4060cc · Exploit, Deleted
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8998 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8998 · Vendor Advisory