>> Sophos Anti-Virus "NtCreateKeyHook()" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Sophos Anti-Virus "NtCreateKeyHook()" Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1381 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1737
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-29
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows, which could be exploited by local attackers or malware to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an input validation error when processing arguments passed to the hooked SSDT "NtCreateKey()" function, which could be exploited by malicious users to create a denial of service condition.
Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited if the "Block suspicious behavior" detection is enabled.
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