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CVE-2017-6178

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The IofCallDriver function in USBPcap 1.1.0.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted 0x00090028 IOCTL call, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Usbpcap Project Usbpcap: 1.1.0.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141526/USBPcap-1.1.0.0-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97026
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41542/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141526/USBPcap-1.1.0.0-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97026
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41542/

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