CVE-2018-5270 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Malwarebytes Premium 3.3.1.2183, specifically within the FARFLT.SYS driver. A local attacker can trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) by providing invalid input to IOCtl 0x9c40e010 due to insufficient input validation. This vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges, with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite the vendor's inability to reproduce the issue, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3.1.2183CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:malwarebytes:malwarebytes:3.3.1.2183:*:*:*:premium:*:*:* |
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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