CVE-2017-7441 Information disclosure in n/a
A local attacker can exploit a crafted IOCTL in the HitmanPro kernel driver to leak sensitive kernel memory data, such as pool quota cookies.
- 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-2017-7441?
CVE-2017-7441 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the HitmanPro.Alert solution and Sophos Clean), a crafted IOCTL with code 0x22E1C0 might lead to kernel data leaks. Because the leak occurs at the driver level, an attacker can use this vulnerability to leak some critical information about the machine such as nt!ExpPoolQuotaCookie.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7441?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sophos Hitmanpro.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7441?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-7441 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7441 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wxj5-qvfq-67hr.