A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro up to 3.7. This affects an unknown code of the file hitmanpro37.sys of the component Driver. The manipulation as part of a IOCTL Call leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 02/15/2017. The weakness was released 09/13/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6008 since 02/15/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 210 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.7.20 Build 286 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (43057). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 106552 and 106550.

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• Sophos

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• SurfRight HitmanPro

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• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
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• commercial

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