Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 Registry 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Registry Handler. This manipulation causes 7pk security. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-4863. The attack needs to be launched locally. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Registry Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-254. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.7 allows local users to bypass an intended tamper protection mechanism by deleting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Sophos Endpoint Defense\ registry key.

The bug was discovered 04/04/2018. The weakness was published 04/05/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4863 since 01/03/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1211 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44410). Similar entry is available at VDB-115887. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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01/03/2018 🔍
04/04/2018 +91 days 🔍
04/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
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04/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/18/2025 +2751 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-4863 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4863
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115885
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/06/2018 09:01
Updated: 10/18/2025 01:12
Changes: 04/06/2018 09:01 (59), 01/22/2020 17:21 (4), 10/18/2025 01:12 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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