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Sophos HitmanPro.Alert Multiple Vulnerabilities - Windows

🗓️ 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Sophos HitmanPro.Alert version 3.7.6.744 is prone to multiple vulnerabilities including arbitrary write and memory disclosure exploits, leading to memory corruption and kernel memory disclosure

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:sophos:hitmanpro.alert";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107360");
  script_version("2026-06-10T06:59:19+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-3970", "CVE-2018-3971");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-10 06:59:19 +0000 (Wed, 10 Jun 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-11-01 14:04:55 +0100 (Thu, 01 Nov 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-02-02 13:43:00 +0000 (Thu, 02 Feb 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_name("Sophos HitmanPro.Alert Multiple Vulnerabilities - Windows");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_sophos_hitmanproalertx86_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Sophos/HitmanPro.Alert/Win/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Sophos HitmanPro.Alert version 3.7.6.744 is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"- An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler functionality of Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6.744.

  - A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to write data under controlled by an attacker address, resulting in memory corruption.

  - Additionally an exploitable memory disclosure vulnerability exists in the 0x222000 IOCTL handler functionality.

  - A specially crafted IRP request can cause the driver to return uninitialized memory, resulting in kernel memory disclosure. An attacker can send an IRP request to trigger these vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Sophos HitmanPro.Alert version 3.7.6.744.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Sophos HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.9 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0635");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0636");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"3.0", test_version2:"3.7.6.744")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"3.7.9.759", install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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