CVE-2017-6008

HIGH

Sophos Hitmanpro < 3.7.20 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the HitmanPro.Alert solution and Sophos Clean) allows local users to escalate privileges via a malformed IOCTL call.

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by cbayet · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057
nomisec WORKING POC 120 stars
by cbayet · poc
https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008
gitlab WORKING POC
by AntiRootkit1 · poc
https://gitlab.com/AntiRootkit1/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0278
EPSS Percentile 86.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
sophos/hitmanpro < 3.7.20
Published Sep 13, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026