CVE-2017-17798 — In TG Soft Vir

In TG Soft Vir.IT eXplorer Lite 8.5.42, the driver file (VIRAGTLT.SYS) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x8273A0A0, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17800.

01What is this vulnerability?

In TG Soft Vir.IT eXplorer Lite 8.5.42, the driver file (VIRAGTLT.SYS) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x8273A0A0, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17800.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-12-20T09:29:02.303
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/rubyfly/Vir.IT-explorer_POC/tree/master/0x8273A0A0
• github.com — https://github.com/rubyfly/Vir.IT-explorer_POC/tree/master/0x8273A0A0