CVE-2018-6593

7.8 highEPSS 1.1%

High (7.8) in malwarefox antimalware. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in MalwareFox AntiMalware 2.74.0.150. Improper access control in zam32.sys and zam64.sys allows a non-privileged process to register itself with the driver by connecting to the filter communication port and then using IOCTL 0x8000204C to \\.\ZemanaAntiMalware to elevate privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2018-02-03
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

malwarefox:antimalware

References

https://github.com/SouhailHammou/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2018-6593/Malwarefox_privescl_0.c
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43973/
https://github.com/SouhailHammou/Exploits/blob/master/CVE-2018-6593/Malwarefox_privescl_0.c
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43973/

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