CVE-2018-6606

HIGH

MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150 - Privilege Escalation via IOCTL 0x80002010 and 0x8000204C

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2018-6606. PoCs published by Souhail Hammou, bullhead-repo.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation vulnerability in MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150 by abusing an IOCTL (0x80002010) to register a process as trusted by the driver, then using another IOCTL (0x8000204C) to obtain a full-access handle to winlogon.exe, ultimately injecting shellcode to spawn a SYSTEM shell.

Description

An issue was discovered in MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150. Improper access control in zam32.sys and zam64.sys allows a non-privileged process to register itself with the driver by sending IOCTL 0x80002010 and then using IOCTL 0x8000204C to \\.\ZemanaAntiMalware to elevate privileges.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Souhail Hammou · clocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43987

This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation vulnerability in MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150 by abusing an IOCTL (0x80002010) to register a process as trusted by the driver, then using another IOCTL (0x8000204C) to obtain a full-access handle to winlogon.exe, ultimately injecting shellcode to spawn a SYSTEM shell.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150
No auth needed
Prerequisites: MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150 installed · Local access to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC
by bullhead-repo · poc
https://github.com/bullhead-repo/CVE-2018-6606

This repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2018-6606, which leverages a vulnerable driver (ZemanaAntiMalware) to terminate arbitrary processes by PID. The exploit embeds a malicious driver in its resources, loads it as a service, and uses DeviceIoControl to interact with the driver for privilege escalation and process termination.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Zemana AntiMalware (driver version vulnerable to CVE-2018-6606)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Administrator privileges · Vulnerable Zemana AntiMalware driver installed · Windows 10 (64-bit) environment
devstral-2 · analyzed Mar 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43987/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0146
EPSS Percentile 81.3%
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-732
Status published
Products (1)
malwarefox/antimalware 2.74.0.150
Published Feb 04, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026