CVE-2016-20042
8.6
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
TRN 3.6-23 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious command-line argument with 156 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| trn | Threaded USENET News Reader | 3.6-23 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39764
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/trn/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/trn-23-stack-buffer-overflow-local-code-execution
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