9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.116 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.3%
Hex Workshop is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800528");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-10 11:59:23 +0100 (Tue, 10 Mar 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0812");
script_name("BreakPoint Software, Hex Workshop Buffer Overflow vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/34021");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33932");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8121");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_bpsoft_hex_workshop_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("BPSoft/HexWorkshop/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow remote attacker to execute arbitrary
code and can cause denial-of-service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"BreakPoint Software, Hex Workshop version 6.0.1.4603 and prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Application fails to adequately sanitize user input data, which in turn
leads to boundary error while processing of Intel .hex files.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Hex Workshop is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
hwVer = get_kb_item("BPSoft/HexWorkshop/Ver");
if(!hwVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less_equal(version:hwVer, test_version:"6.0.1.4603")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}