In Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the HitmanPro.Alert…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the HitmanPro.Alert solution and Sophos Clean), a crafted IOCTL with code 0x22E1C0 might lead to kernel data leaks. Because the leak occurs at the driver level, an attacker can use this vulnerability to leak some critical information about the machine such as nt!ExpPoolQuotaCookie.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7441
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wxj5-qvfq-67hr
References
More Sophos Hitmanpro vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03919 A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-07523 A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2017-03918 A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-7441 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7441 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wxj5-qvfq-67hr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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