CVE-2018-3990 describes a pool corruption vulnerability in WIBU-SYSTEMS WibuKey.sys version 6.40 (Build 2400), affecting Microsoft Windows and WibuKey products. This flaw allows a specially crafted IRP request to trigger a buffer overflow, leading to kernel memory corruption and potential privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wibu:wibukey:6.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.