HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-8285

Total Security vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.5%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The webssx.sys driver in QuickHeal 16.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
Affected vendor
Quickheal
Affected product
Total Security
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-04-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-8285

  • Confirm whether Quickheal Total Security is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-8285.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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