CVE-2018-5956 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Zillya! Antivirus 3.0.2230.0, specifically within its zef.sys driver. A local attacker can exploit this by providing invalid input to IOCtl 0x9C402414, leading to a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.2230.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zillya:zillya\!_antivirus:3.0.2230.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.