Description
Format string vulnerability in the Lithtech engine, as used in multiple games, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a nickname or (2) a message.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Monolith Lithtech Game Engine - Multiple Remote Format String Vulnerabilities EDB-24724 · remote · Nov 5, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 11610 vdb-entry
- lithtech-format-string(17972) vdb-entry
- 17317 third-party-advisory
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/lithfs-adv.txt
- 13116 third-party-advisory
- 20041105 In-game format string bug in the Lithtech engine mailing-list