PT-2013-2007 · Angus Johnson · Resource Hacker

Waliedassar · Published 2013-05-23 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-6553

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Resource Hacker version 3.6.0.92

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Portable Executable (PE) file with a resource section containing a string that has many tab or line feed characters.

Recommendations For version 3.6.0.92, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6553

Affected Products

Resource Hacker

References · 5

• 🔥 http://waleedassar.blogspot.com/2012/05/resource-hacker-heap-overflow.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6553 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49217 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53608 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75738 · Note