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Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-9002 is a local vulnerability in the Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 11.0.1.58 Windows driver Monitor_win7_x64.sys. A local user may crash the system with a BSOD. The sources also mention possible unspecified additional impact, but do not define it.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate endpoint availability risk. It is not supported as remotely exploitable or actively exploited in the bundle, but local crashes can disrupt users and operations on affected machines.
Technical view
The driver Monitor_win7_x64.sys in Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 11.0.1.58 reportedly fails to validate input values for IOCTL 0x9c4060cc. The documented impact is local denial of service through system crash, with possible unspecified other impact. No CVSS vector or CWE is provided in the bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to Windows systems with Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 11.0.1.58 installed and the Monitor_win7_x64.sys driver present. The described attacker is a local user, so remote-only exposure is not supported by the sources.
Exploitation context
The CVE references a public BSOD proof-of-concept repository. The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing, active exploitation, remote exploitation, or confirmed privilege escalation.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, vendor advisory, or patch details are included. The main technical clue is missing validation of IOCTL input in a specific driver, with documented BSOD impact and unspecified possible additional impact.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory systems for Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 11.0.1.58.
- Check vendor guidance for a fixed version or removal advice.
- Remove or upgrade the affected software where business need is low.
- Restrict local interactive access on exposed endpoints.
- Monitor affected hosts for unexpected BSOD events.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Monitor_win7_x64.sys is present on endpoints.
- Verify the installed Advanced SystemCare Ultimate version.
- Check endpoint crash history for related driver failures.
- Review software inventory for unsupported or outdated utility drivers.
- Track vendor advisories for an official fix statement.
Public sources used
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/D0neMkj/POC_BSOD/tree/master/Advanced%20SystemCare%20Utimate/Monitor_win7_x64.sys-0x9c4060ccCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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