CVE-2018-6606 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting improper access control in the MalwareFox AntiMalware driver via specific IOCTL calls.
- 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-2018-6606?
CVE-2018-6606 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 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 sending IOCTL 0x80002010 and then using IOCTL 0x8000204C to \\.\ZemanaAntiMalware to elevate privileges.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6606?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Malwarefox Antimalware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6606?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6606 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6606 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6606 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h3p9-4pj2-5qhc.