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1 vulnerability by pinfo

CVE-2016-20044 (GCVE-0-2016-20044)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-28 11:58 – Updated: 2026-03-30 15:51
VLAI?
Title
PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 Local Buffer Overflow via -m Parameter
Summary
PInfo 0.6.9-5.1 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized argument to the -m parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious input string with 564 bytes of padding followed by a return address to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pinfo PInfo Affected: 0.6.9-5.1
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Date Public ?
2016-06-27 00:00
Credits
Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com - jsacco@exploitpack.com
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