Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-3971 - Write-what-where Condition vulnerability in Sophos Hitmanpro.Alert 3.7.6.744
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to write data under controlled by an attacker address, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker can send IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Talos
| id | TALOS-2018-0636 |
| last seen | 2019-05-29 |
| published | 2018-10-25 |
| reporter | Talos Intelligence |
| source | http://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0636 |
| title | Sophos HitmanPro.Alert hmpalert 0x2222CC privilege escalation vulnerability |