CVE-2018-5279 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Malwarebytes Premium 3.3.1.2183, specifically within the FARFLT.SYS driver. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or potentially other unspecified impacts due to insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x9c40e02c. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.8, the vulnerability requires local access and has low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.