CVE-2017-8339

MEDIUM

Panda Free Antivirus 18.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted DeviceIoControl Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-8339. PoCs published by Peter Baris.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (BSoD) in Panda Cloud Antivirus Free by sending a malformed IOCTL request to the PSKMAD.sys driver. It allocates a buffer with specific values and passes it to DeviceIoControl, causing a kernel crash.

Description

PSKMAD.sys in Panda Free Antivirus 18.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSoD) via a crafted DeviceIoControl request to \\.\PSMEMDriver.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Peter Baris · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41945

This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (BSoD) in Panda Cloud Antivirus Free by sending a malformed IOCTL request to the PSKMAD.sys driver. It allocates a buffer with specific values and passes it to DeviceIoControl, causing a kernel crash.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 18.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 18.0 installed · Access to the system to execute the binary
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98367/info
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41945/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98367

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
watchguard/panda_antivirus 18.0
Published Apr 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026