CVE-2008-1737 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 29 Apr 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system reboot and potentially gain privileges by exploiting a null dereference in Sophos Anti-Virus when behavioral analysis is enabled.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-1737?

CVE-2008-1737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Apr 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0.5, and other 7.x versions, when Runtime Behavioural Analysis is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot with the product disabled) and possibly gain privileges via a zero value in a certain length field in the ObjectAttributes argument to the NtCreateKey hooked System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1737?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sophos Anti-Virus.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1737?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1737 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-1737 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1737 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4975-r5xj-5w3j.