Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner HTTP Sniffer memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Sniffer. This manipulation causes memory corruption. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component HTTP Sniffer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 08/07/2005 by Eric Basher (basher13) (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by basher13 and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securiteam.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 databases at X-Force (21739), Exploit-DB (1137), SecurityFocus (BID 14488†) and OSVDB (18665†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: basher13
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/05/2005 🔍
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04/26/2016 +3911 days 🔍
10/25/2018 +912 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: Eric Basher (basher13)
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82885
X-Force: 21739
SecurityFocus: 14488 - Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 18665 - Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner HTTP Sniffer Overflow DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 04/26/2016 11:41
Updated: 10/25/2018 08:24
Changes: 04/26/2016 11:41 (41), 10/25/2018 08:24 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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