VDB-345644 · CVE-2020-37215 · Exploit 47839

Top Password MSN Password Recovery 1.30 User Name/Registration code buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Top Password MSN Password Recovery 1.30. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation of the argument User Name/Registration code leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-37215. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Top Password MSN Password Recovery 1.30. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument User Name/Registration code 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:

MSN Password Recovery version 1.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input in the registration code field. Attackers can generate a 9000-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field to trigger an application crash.

The weakness was shared by Gokkulraj as 47839. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-37215 since 02/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. 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 (47839). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Top Password

Name

MSN Password Recovery

Version

1.30

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/10/2026 CVE reserved
02/11/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
02/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 47839
Researcher: Gokkulraj
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-37215 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-37215
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345644
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2026 22:56
Changes: 02/11/2026 22:56 (80)
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Cache ID: 216::103