CVE-2018-7583

HIGH

DualDesk 20 - Remote Denial of Service via Long String to TCP Port 5500

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-7583. PoCs published by hyp3rlinx.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in DualDesk v20 by sending a long string of junk characters to the Proxy.exe component listening on TCP port 5500, causing a stack buffer overrun and crashing the application.

Description

Proxy.exe in DualDesk 20 allows Remote Denial Of Service (daemon crash) via a long string to TCP port 5500.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by hyp3rlinx · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44222

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in DualDesk v20 by sending a long string of junk characters to the Proxy.exe component listening on TCP port 5500, causing a stack buffer overrun and crashing the application.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: DualDesk v20
No auth needed
Prerequisites: DualDesk v20 with Proxy.exe running and accessible on TCP port 5500
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44222/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.3819
EPSS Percentile 98.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
advantig/dualdesk 20
Published Mar 04, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026