What is CVE-2018-8895?

CVE-2018-8895 is a high-severity vulnerability in 2345 Security Guard Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-8895?

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

Improper input validation in 2345 Security Guard Project

CVE-2018-8895

In 2345 Security Guard 3.6, the driver file (2345DumpBlock.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 0x00222040.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-03-22 · 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: 0.004 (31.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

2345 Security Guard Project — versions 3.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/D0neMkj/POC_BSOD/tree/master/2345 security guard/2345DumpBlock.sys-0… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8895?: CVE-2018-8895 is a high-severity vulnerability in 2345 Security Guard Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-8895?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.