eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Topology.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer. This affects an unknown function of the file Topology.exe. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3838. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer (the affected version is unknown) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file Topology.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 07/25/2006 by Cody Pierce and TippingPoint (Titon) with Bastard Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at eiqnetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3838 since 07/25/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/18/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22196 (eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Monitoring.exe Multiple Command Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115380 (eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (22196), SecurityFocus (BID 19163†), OSVDB (27528†), Secunia (SA21211†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016580†). The entries VDB-2409, VDB-2411, VDB-84387 and VDB-84388 are related to this item. 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: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 22196
Nessus Name: eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Monitoring.exe Multiple Command Overflow
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MetaSploit ID: eiqnetworks_esa.rb
MetaSploit Name: eIQNetworks ESA License Manager LICMGR_ADDLICENSE Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Suricata ID: 2003056
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: eiqnetworks.com
Researcher: Cody Pierce, TippingPoint (Titon)
Organization: Bastard Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3838 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3838
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84389
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X-Force: 27950
SecurityFocus: 19163 - eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer License Manager Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 21211 - eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 27528 - eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer Topology.exe Pre-authentication Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016580
Vupen: ADV-2006-2985

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

Created: 05/08/2016 19:54
Updated: 06/18/2025 19:57
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:54 (57), 12/02/2018 10:00 (26), 08/03/2022 04:43 (3), 08/03/2022 04:52 (1), 01/13/2025 06:01 (15), 06/18/2025 19:57 (2)
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