CVE-2018-6853 describes a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability affecting Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise before 8.00.5, SafeGuard Easy before 7.00.3, and SafeGuard LAN Crypt before 3.95.2. An attacker can exploit a crafted input buffer via IOCTL 0x80206024 to control execution, allowing them to modify or zero-out the security descriptor of a privileged process and execute code as SYSTEM. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges, but leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community or media discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:safeguard_easy_device_encryption_client:6.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:safeguard_easy_device_encryption_client:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:safeguard_easy_device_encryption_client:7.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.60.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:safeguard_enterprise_client:5.60.3:vs-nfd:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:safeguard_enterprise_client:6.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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