Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8220 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Solarwinds Dameware Mini Remote Control
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the URI handler in DWRCC.exe in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control before 12.0 HotFix 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted commandline argument in a link.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows |
| NASL id | SOLARWINDS_DAMEWARE_MINI_REMOTE_CONTROL_V12_0_HOTFIX_1.NASL |
| description | The remote host is running a version of SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control prior to 12.0 Hotfix 1. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to a flaw in the DWRCC.exe URI handler that is triggered when handling certain command line arguments. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by convincing a user to follow a link containing a crafted command line argument, resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow and the execution of arbitrary code. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 86994 |
| published | 2015-11-20 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86994 |
| title | SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control < 12.0 Hotfix 1 DWRCC.exe RCE |
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