PT-2017-15536 · Pharos · Pharos Popup Printer Client

Published 2017-03-10 · Updated 2022-04-19 · CVE-2017-2787

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pharos PopUp printer client version 9.0

Description A buffer overflow exists in the psnotifyd application, allowing a specially crafted packet to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. This can result in potential remote code execution. The client is always listening, has root privileges, and requires no user interaction to exploit.

Recommendations For Pharos PopUp printer client version 9.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-2787

Affected Products

Pharos Popup Printer Client

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2787 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2787 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96738 · Note
• http://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2017-0282 · Note