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CVE-2017-6008
A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the…
High7.8EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43057 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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