Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-25590. PoCs published by Victor Mondragón.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Axessh 4.2 by writing a 500-byte string of 'A' characters to a file, which when pasted into the 'Log file name' field causes a denial of service (crash). The exploit is straightforward and demonstrates the vulnerability effectively.
Description
Axessh 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the logging configuration that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the log file name field. Attackers can enable session logging, paste a buffer of 500 or more characters into the log file name parameter, and trigger a crash when establishing a telnet connection.
Exploits (1)
This PoC exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Axessh 4.2 by writing a 500-byte string of 'A' characters to a file, which when pasted into the 'Log file name' field causes a denial of service (crash). The exploit is straightforward and demonstrates the vulnerability effectively.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N