CVE-2017-6008
A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the HitmanPro.Alert solution and Sophos Clean) allows local users to escalate privileges via a malformed IOCTL call.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.9%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the HitmanPro.Alert solution and Sophos Clean) allows local users to escalate privileges via a malformed IOCTL call.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 26 October 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- sophos/hitmanpro
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/
- https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/
- https://www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.