CVE-2018-9042 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 11.0.1.58, specifically within its Monitor_win10_x64.sys driver. This flaw, stemming from insufficient input validation for IOCtl 0x9c402000, allows a local attacker to trigger a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0.1.58CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iobit:advanced_systemcare_ultimate:11.0.1.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.