CVE-2018-8061 describes a vulnerability in the HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel driver, version 8.98 and lower, allowing an unprivileged user to perform direct physical memory read or write operations. This vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.1), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but enabling high impact to confidentiality and integrity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.98CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hwinfo:amd64_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.