CVE-2017-6008

A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20...

7.8 HighPublic exploit

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.90%Down 1.0 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2017-6008
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-6008
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-15076 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-15076
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-35v3-9ffw-rmxv 7.8

A kernel pool overflow in the driver hitmanpro37.sys in Sophos SurfRight HitmanPro before 3.7.20...

Record: GHSA-35v3-9ffw-rmxv
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

sophos hitmanpro

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	HitmanPro 3.7.15 Build 281 - Kernel Pool Overflow	2017-10-26
PoC in GitHub	cbayet/Exploit-CVE-2017-6008	2017-05-30

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-6008 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Sophos Hitmanpro, published September 13, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.90%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.