Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise before 8.00.5, SafeGuard Easy before 7.00.3, and SafeGuard LAN Crypt before 3.95.2 are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation via IOCTL 0x80202014
Published Jul 9, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.54%
Description
Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise before 8.00.5, SafeGuard Easy before 7.00.3, and SafeGuard LAN Crypt before 3.95.2 are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation via IOCTL 0x80202014. By crafting an input buffer we can control the execution path to the point where the constant 0xFFFFFFF will be written to a user-controlled address. We can take advantage of this condition to modify the SEP_TOKEN_PRIVILEGES structure of the Token object belonging to the exploit process and grant SE_DEBUG_NAME privilege. This allows the exploit process to interact with higher privileged processes running as SYSTEM and execute code in their security context.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.00
- 6.10
- 7.00
- 5.60.3
- 6.00
- 6.00.1
- 6.10
- 7.00
- 8.00
- 3.90.1
- 3.90.2
- 3.95.1
- 3.95.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.54% (0.00544) | 43.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.54% (0.00544) | 44.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.36% (0.01365) | 71.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.36% (0.01365) | 45.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.78% (0.00779) | 21.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.78% (0.00779) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/20 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/131934 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2018-6851-to-cve-2018-6857-sophos-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities/ x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/20 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/131934 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2018-6851-to-cve-2018-6857-sophos-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory |
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