7.8high
CVE-2018-5279
In Malwarebytes Premium 3.3.1.2183, the driver file (FARFLT.SYS) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have un…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 42%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In Malwarebytes Premium 3.3.1.2183, the driver file (FARFLT.SYS) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x9c40e02c. NOTE: the vendor reported that they "have not been able to reproduce the issue on any Windows operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit).
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C |
Affected products
- malwarebytes malwarebytes
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- github.com /ZhiyuanWang-Chengdu-Qihoo360/Malwarebytes_POC/tree/master/0x9c40e02c · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/102453 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-5279
- NVD: CVE-2018-5279
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