Description
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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
- VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 - Remote Buffer Overflow EDB-42973 · remote · Oct 9, 2017
GitHub 1 repository
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vasilerevnic/CVE-2017-15220-vxsearch-rce ★ 0 · Mar 9, 2026
VX Search Enterprise v10.1.12 Remote Buffer Overflow
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References
- 42973 exploit