Notepad++ Buffer overflow Vulnerability (Jan 2015) - Windows

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:notepad-plus-plus:notepad++";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805318");
  script_version("2024-02-08T05:05:59+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9456");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 05:05:59 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-01-09 13:19:25 +0530 (Fri, 09 Jan 2015)");
  script_name("Notepad++ Buffer overflow Vulnerability (Jan 2015) - Windows");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Buffer overflow");
  script_dependencies("gb_notepadpp_detect_portable_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Notepad++32or64/Win/installed");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35589");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.security-database.com/detail.php?alert=CVE-2014-9456");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Notepad++ is prone to a 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 as the user-supplied input
  is not properly validated when handling a specially crafted XML file.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
  attackers to conduct denial of service attack or potentially allowing the
  execution of arbitrary code.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Notepad++ version 6.6.9 on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Notepad++ version 6.7 or later.");

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

  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:"6.7" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"6.7", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );