CVE Catalog

CVE-2018-25255

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

10-Strike LANState 8.8 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in structured exception handling (SEH) that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious LSM map files. Attackers can create a specially formatted LSM file with a payload in the ObjCaption parameter that overflows the buffer, overwrites the SEH chain, and executes shellcode when the file is opened in the application.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is the potential for local arbitrary code execution by an attacker, which could lead to system compromise, data theft, or further privilege escalation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update 10-Strike LANState to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability and avoid opening LSM files from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

10-Strike LANState 8.8 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in structured exception handling that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious LSM map files. Attackers can create a specially formatted LSM file with a payload in the ObjCaption parameter that overflows the buffer, overwrites the SEH chain, and executes shellcode when the file is opened in the application.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS