Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-3970 - Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in Sophos Hitmanpro.Alert 3.7.6.744

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
sophos
CWE-908
NVD
Published: 2018-10-25
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

An exploitable memory disclosure vulnerability exists in the 0x222000 IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to return uninitialized memory, resulting in kernel memory disclosure. An attacker can send an IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Sophos
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Talos

idTALOS-2018-0635
last seen2019-05-29
published2018-10-25
reporterTalos Intelligence
sourcehttp://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0635
titleSophos HitmanPro.Alert hmpalert 0x222000 kernel memory disclosure vulnerability

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