PT-2014-5009 · Acunetix · Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner

Published 2014-04-27 · Updated 2014-04-28 · CVE-2014-2994

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) version 8 build 20120704

Description The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved by using an HTML file that contains an IMG element with a long URL in the src attribute.

Recommendations For Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) version 8 build 20120704, consider avoiding the use of long URLs in the src attribute of IMG elements in HTML files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of HTML files with long URLs in the src attribute to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2994

Affected Products

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32997 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/32997 · Exploit
• http://acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2994 · Security Note
• http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html · Note
• http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html · Note
• https://youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM · Note