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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in PInfo 0.6.9-5.1. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument -m results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-20044. The attack is only possible with local access. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PInfo 0.6.9-5.1. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument -m with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -m parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input string with 564 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-20044 since 03/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 304205 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-20044), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 databases at Exploit-DB (40023), Tenable (304205) and EUVD (EUVD-2016-10843). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• 0.6.9-5.1

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