Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-5279 (CCN-137245)

Assigned:2018-01-07
Published:2018-01-07
Updated:2019-03-05
Summary:** DISPUTED ** 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)."
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.1 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
6.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.1 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Complete
4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-5279

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
102453

Source: CCN
Type: BID-102453
Malwarebytes Premium CVE-2018-5279 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
malwarebytes-cve20185279-dos(137245)

Source: CCN
Type: ZhiyuanWang-Chengdu-Qihoo360 GIT Repository
Malwarebytes_POC

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ZhiyuanWang-Chengdu-Qihoo360/Malwarebytes_POC/tree/master/0x9c40e02c

Source: CCN
Type: Malwarebytes Web site
Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes for Windows

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:malwarebytes:malwarebytes:3.3.1.2183:*:*:*:premium:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112629
    P
    		libfpm_pb0-1.2.4-2.14 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106111
    P
    		libfpm_pb0-1.2.4-2.14 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
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