Nsasoft Nsauditor NetShareWatcher 1.5.8.0 Registration Name buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Nsasoft Nsauditor NetShareWatcher 1.5.8.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Registration Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Name leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-37201. The attack needs to be performed locally. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Nsasoft Nsauditor NetShareWatcher 1.5.8.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Registration Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

NetShareWatcher 1.5.8.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the registration name input that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can generate a 1000-character payload and paste it into the 'Name' field to trigger an application crash.

The weakness was released by Ismail Tasdelen as 47848. The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-37201 since 02/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (47848). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Nsasoft

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• Nsauditor NetShareWatcher

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• 1.5.8.0

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