CVE-2018-3970 Information disclosure in Sophos
A local attacker can trigger a kernel memory disclosure in Sophos HitmanPro.Alert via a crafted IRP request, potentially exposing sensitive kernel data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-3970?
CVE-2018-3970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Talos Sophos, published on 25 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An exploitable memory disclosure vulnerability exists in the 0x222000 IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744. A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to return uninitialized memory, resulting in kernel memory disclosure. An attacker can send an IRP request to trigger this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-908
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3970?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sophos Hitmanpro.alert.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3970?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-3970 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3970 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Talos Sophos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8633-582r-38wv.