DameWare Mini Remote Control up to 4.9.0 User ID lstrcpyA memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.1$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in DameWare Mini Remote Control up to 4.9.0 (Remote Access Software). This affects the function lstrcpyA of the component User ID Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in DameWare Mini Remote Control before 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the username.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2005. The weakness was shared 09/01/2005 by Jackson Pollocks with jpno5.com (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at jpno5.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2842 since 09/08/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at jpno5.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19554 (DameWare Mini Remote Control Pre-Authentication Username Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38531 (DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Pre-Authentication Username Buffer Overflow).

Upgrading to version 4.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at dameware.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3865.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22087), Tenable (19554) and Exploit-DB (1190).

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Nessus ID: 19554
Nessus Name: DameWare Mini Remote Control Pre-Authentication Username Remote Overflow
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Mini Remote Control 4.9.0
Patch: dameware.com
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

08/31/2005 🔍
08/31/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/31/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/31/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/31/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/01/2005 +1 days 🔍
09/01/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/01/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/05/2005 +3 days 🔍
09/08/2005 +3 days 🔍
09/08/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/13/2005 +5 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +5042 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jpno5.com
Researcher: Jackson Pollocks
Organization: jpno5.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2842 (🔍)
X-Force: 22087 - DameWare Mini Remote Control username buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1014830
Vulnerability Center: 9158 - Buffer Overflow in DameWare Mini Remote Control dwrcs.exe Enables Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 14707 - DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Pre-Authentication Username Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 16655 - DameWare Mini Remote Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19119 - DameWare Mini Remote Control username Remote Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2005-1596

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/05/2005 11:27
Updated: 07/04/2019 10:15
Changes: 09/05/2005 11:27 (106), 07/04/2019 10:15 (1)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

Might our Artificial Intelligence support you?

Check our Alexa App!