CVE-2018-8873 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in 2345 Security Guard 3.6, specifically within its 2345NetFirewall.sys driver. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) due to insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x00222040, with potential for other unspecified impacts. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely known or targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:2345_security_guard_project:2345_security_guard:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.