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CVE-2016-20044

PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 Local Buffer Overflow via -m Parameter PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -m parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input string with 564 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
pinfo / PInfoaffected 0.6.9-5.1

CWE

CWE-787

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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