THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-7938
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2017-7938

Dmitry Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool vulnerability

CVSS
6.6
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.
Affected vendor
Mor Pah.Net
Affected product
Dmitry Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-04-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-7938

  • Confirm whether Mor Pah.Net Dmitry Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-7938.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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