CVE-2010-5177
Race condition in Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 9.0.5 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because it is a flaw in a protection mechanism for situations where a crafted program has already begun to execute
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-362
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- sophos:sophos_endpoint_security_and_control
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-05/0026.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-05/0066.html
- http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/you-just-cant-trust-a-drunk/
- http://matousec.com/info/advisories/khobe-8.0-earthquake-for-windows-desktop-security-software.php
- http://matousec.com/info/articles/khobe-8.0-earthquake-for-windows-desktop-security-software.php