CVE-2018-5278

low-risk
Published 2018-01-08

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 0x9c40e00c. 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).

Do I need to act?

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0.13% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 3.3/10 Low
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Malwarebytes

Affected Vendors

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low-risk
Severity 13/34 · Low
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal