CVE-2018-10098 Denial of service in n/a
A local attacker can trigger a Blue Screen of Death in MicroWorld eScan by sending a specific IOCTL request to the econceal.sys driver.
- 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-2018-10098?
CVE-2018-10098 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In MicroWorld eScan Internet Security Suite (ISS) for Business 14.0.1400.2029, the driver econceal.sys allows a non-privileged user to send a 0x830020E0 IOCTL request to \\.\econceal to cause a denial of service (BSOD).
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10098?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Escanav Escan Internet Security Suite.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10098?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-10098 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10098 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rxp-43p2-54mp.