eEye Retina WiFi Scanner 1.0.8.68 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in eEye Retina WiFi Scanner 1.0.8.68. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3859. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in eEye Retina WiFi Scanner 1.0.8.68 (Wireless LAN Software). Affected is some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in eEye Retina WiFi Scanner 1.0.8.68, as used in Retina Network Security Scanner 5.10.14, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a .rws file with a long RWS010 entry.

The bug was discovered 05/16/2009. The weakness was published 07/10/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at research.eeye.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-3859. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/10/2025).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 55 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39809 (eEye Retina Wireless Scanner .rws Handling Buffer Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116506 (eEye Retina Wireless Scanner .RWS File Processing Memory Corruption).

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51625), Tenable (39809), SecurityFocus (BID 35624†), OSVDB (55744†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022534†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 39809
Nessus Name: eEye Retina Wireless Scanner .rws Handling Buffer Overflow
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02/10/2025 +3617 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: research.eeye.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-3859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50700
X-Force: 51625
SecurityFocus: 35624
OSVDB: 55744 - eEye Retina Network Security Scanner RWS File Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1022534
Vulnerability Center: 22913 - eEye Digital Security Retina WiFi Scanner Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 02/10/2025 01:41
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (43), 07/08/2015 12:01 (17), 08/25/2021 08:17 (2), 08/25/2021 08:22 (7), 08/25/2021 08:24 (1), 12/03/2024 12:37 (24), 12/08/2024 02:16 (2), 02/10/2025 01:41 (2)
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