What is CVE-2017-6008?

CVE-2017-6008 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Hitmanpro, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-6008?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6008 known to be exploited?

15 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Sophos Hitmanpro

CVE-2017-6008

A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20 Build 286 (included in the HitmanPro.Alert solution and Sophos Clean) allows local users to escalate privileges via a malformed IOCTL call.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sophos Hitmanpro

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-7/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.nuitduhack.com/fr/planning/talk_10 (Third Party Advisory)
trackwatch.com/kernel-pool-overflow-exploitation-in-real-world-windows-10/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43057/ (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6008?: CVE-2017-6008 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Hitmanpro, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-6008?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6008 known to be exploited?: 15 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.