CVE-2017-6007 describes a kernel pool overflow vulnerability in the hitmanpro37.sys driver, affecting Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro versions prior to 3.7.20 Build 286, including its integration in HitmanPro.Alert and Sophos Clean. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating that a local attacker can trigger an operating system crash through a specially crafted IOCTL call. While the attack complexity is low, it requires local access and only impacts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.7.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:hitmanpro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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