Description
Buffer overflow in eEye Retina WiFi Scanner 1.0.8.68, as used in Retina Network Security Scanner 5.10.14, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a .rws file with a long RWS010 entry.
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
- eEye Retina WiFi Security Scanner 1.0 - '.rws Parsing' Buffer Overflow (PoC) EDB-9114 · dos · Jul 10, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- retinawifiscanner-rws-bo(51625) vdb-entry
- 9114 exploit
- ADV-2009-1862 vdb-entry
- 55744 vdb-entry
- 35786 third-party-advisory
- 35624 vdb-entry
- AD20090710 third-party-advisory
- 1022534 vdb-entry