This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Quest NetVault Backup 11.2.0.13. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within nvwsworker.exe. When parsing the boundary header of a multipart request, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-4215.
References
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https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-004 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2018-02-08T18:00:00
Updated: 2018-02-08T17:57:01
Reserved: 2017-12-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-1161
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-02-08T18:29:01.290
Modified: 2019-10-09T23:38:12.117
Link: CVE-2018-1161
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