CVE-2018-6606

HIGH

Malwarefox Antimalware - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule

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
nomisec WORKING POC
by bullhead-repo · poc
https://github.com/bullhead-repo/CVE-2018-6606

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0146
EPSS Percentile 80.9%
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