CVE-2018-6593 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published 3 Feb 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

A local attacker can exploit improper access control in the MalwareFox driver to elevate privileges via a specific IOCTL call.

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-2018-6593?

CVE-2018-6593 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150. Improper access control in zam32.sys and zam64.sys allows a non-privileged process to register itself with the driver by connecting to the filter communication port and then using IOCTL 0x8000204C to \\.\ZemanaAntiMalware to elevate privileges.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6593?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Malwarefox Antimalware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6593?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6593 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-6593 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6593 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jrgv-wc94-68jw.