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CVE-2018-6205

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6205 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Max Secure Anti Virus version 19.0.3.019, specifically within its MaxProtector32.sys driver. This flaw, rated 7.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) by providing unvalidated input to IOCtl 0x220009, potentially leading to further unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
19.0.3.019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maxpcsecure:anti_virus:19.0.3.019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / ZhiyuanWang-Chengdu-Qihoo360/MaxSecureAntivirus_POC/tree/master/MaxProtector32_0x220009
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