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CVE-2017-6007

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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 crash the OS via a malformed IOCTL call.

Affected products

• Sophos HitmanPro: through 3.7.20

References

• https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/
• https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10
• https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/
• https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10

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