CVE-2020-37215

HIGH

MSN Password Recovery 1.30 - Denial of Service via Oversized Registration Code Input

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-37215. PoCs published by Gokkulraj.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a large buffer of 'A' characters (9000 bytes) to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in MSN Password Recovery 1.30 by overwriting memory when pasted into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field. The PoC is straightforward and relies on a classic buffer overflow technique.

Description

MSN Password Recovery version 1.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input in the registration code field. Attackers can generate a 9000-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field to trigger an application crash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Gokkulraj · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47839

This exploit generates a large buffer of 'A' characters (9000 bytes) to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in MSN Password Recovery 1.30 by overwriting memory when pasted into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field. The PoC is straightforward and relies on a classic buffer overflow technique.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: MSN Password Recovery v1.30
No auth needed
Prerequisites: MSN Password Recovery 1.30 installed on Windows · Ability to run Python script to generate payload · User interaction to paste payload into the application
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47839
Various Sources product
https://www.top-password.com/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Published Feb 11, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026