CVE-2017-2788 Information

Description

A buffer overflows exists in the psnotifyd application of the Pharos PopUp printer client version 9.0. A specially crafted packet can be sent to the victim’s computer and can lead to a heap based buffer overflow resulting in potential remote code execution. This client is always listening has root privileges and requires no user interaction to exploit.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96742 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2017-0283/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

10.0