CVE-2016-1606

CRITICAL

Micro Focus Rumba <9.4 HF 13960 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-1606. PoCs published by LiquidWorm.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Micro Focus Rumba+ v9.4, specifically targeting OLE controls (WdMacCtl.ocx and iconfig.dll) via crafted HTML and VBScript. The PoC triggers crashes and potential arbitrary code execution by overflowing buffers with controlled patterns.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in COM objects in Micro Focus Rumba 9.4.x before 9.4 HF 13960 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the NetworkName property value to ObjectXSNAConfig.ObjectXSNAConfig in iconfig.dll, (2) the CPName property value to ObjectXSNAConfig.ObjectXSNAConfig in iconfig.dll, (3) the PrinterName property value to ProfileEditor.PrintPasteControl in ProfEdit.dll, (4) the Data argument to the WriteRecords function in FTXBIFFLib.AS400FtxBIFF in FtxBIFF.dll, (5) the Serialized property value to NMSECCOMPARAMSLib.SSL3 in NMSecComParams.dll, (6) the UserName property value to NMSECCOMPARAMSLib.FirewallProxy in NMSecComParams.dll, (7) the LUName property value to ProfileEditor.MFSNAControl in ProfEdit.dll, (8) the newVal argument to the Load function in FTPSFTPLib.SFtpSession in FTPSFtp.dll, or (9) a long Host field in the FTP Client.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by LiquidWorm · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39857

The exploit demonstrates multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Micro Focus Rumba+ v9.4, specifically targeting OLE controls (WdMacCtl.ocx and iconfig.dll) via crafted HTML and VBScript. The PoC triggers crashes and potential arbitrary code execution by overflowing buffers with controlled patterns.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Micro Focus Rumba+ v9.4 (9.4.4058.0 and 9.4.0 SP0 Patch0)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open a malicious HTML file or visit a crafted webpage
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.4734
EPSS Percentile 97.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
microfocus/rumba 9.4
Published Jul 03, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026