PT-2017-12166 · Acunetix · Acunetix

Code16 · Published 2017-07-27 · Updated 2017-08-09 · CVE-2017-11674

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Acunetix version 8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by providing a malformed PRE file. This is related to a "Read Access Violation starting at reporter!madTraceProcess."

Recommendations For Acunetix version 8, consider avoiding the use of malformed PRE files to prevent the application crash until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the Reporter.exe component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-11674

Affected Products

Acunetix

References · 3

• 🔥 http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/07/readwrite-access-violation-acunetix.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11674 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11674 · Security Note