CVE-2018-8061 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-8061

HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel driver version 8.98 and lower allows an...

Vulnerability Description

HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel driver version 8.98 and lower allows an unprivileged user to send IOCTL 0x85FE2608 to the device driver with the HWiNFO32 symbolic device name, resulting in direct physical memory read or write.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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CVE-2018-8060
HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel driver version 8.98 and lower allows an...
Medium 5.5

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

amd64 kernel driver
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 10th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.