CVE-2018-25256
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs
Summary
Local buffer overflow vulnerability in IP TOOLS 2.50 in the SNMP Scanner component. A local attacker can supply oversized input in the 'From Addr' and 'To Addr' fields and click the Start button, causing a crash and SEH overwrite.
Risk Assessment
A local attacker can cause a denial of service and potentially gain control of the process via SEH overwrite, which could lead to privilege escalation.
Recommendation
Update IP TOOLS to a version that includes a fix for the buffer overflow, or restrict access to the application to trusted users only.
Original NVD description (English source)
IP TOOLS 2.50 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the SNMP Scanner component that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Attackers can paste malicious data into the 'From Addr' and 'To Addr' fields and trigger the crash by clicking the Start button, causing denial of service and SEH overwrite.