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CVE-2017-6008
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.9% 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 escalate privileges via a malformed IOCTL call.
Affected products
- Sophos HitmanPro: through 3.7.20
References
- https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/
- https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10
- https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/
- https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10
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