Description
Buffer overflow in Painkiller 1.35 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 1.61, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long cd-key hash.
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
- Painkiller 1.35 - in-game cd-key alpha-numeric Buffer Overflow (PoC) EDB-783 · dos · Feb 2, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20050202 Limited buffer-overflow in Painkiller 1.35 mailing-list
- painkiller-long-cdkey-bo(19205) vdb-entry
- 12423 vdb-entry
- 14113 third-party-advisory
- 1013066 vdb-entry
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/painkkeybof-adv.txt