SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control < 12.1 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:solarwinds:dameware_mini_remote_control";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107379");
  script_version("2025-09-09T14:09:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-09 14:09:45 +0000 (Tue, 09 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-11-24 13:15:04 +0100 (Sat, 24 Nov 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-07-16 22:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 16 Jul 2019)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12897");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control < 12.1 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Buffer overflow");
  script_dependencies("gb_solarwinds_dameware_mini_rc_smb_login_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("solarwinds/dameware_mini_remote_control/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control is prone to a local
  buffer overflow vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to insecure handling of a user input buffer
  which ultimately allows for overwriting Structured Exception Handler (SEH) addresses and the
  subsequent hijacking of execution flow.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow local attackers to conduct
  buffer overflow attacks on the affected system.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control prior to version
  12.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 12.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/solarwinds-cve-2018-12897-dameware-mini-remote-control-local-seh-buffer-overflow/");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: vers, test_version: "12.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: vers, fixed_version: "12.1", install_path: path);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);