CVE-2017-2785 (GCVE-0-2017-2785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-10 10:29 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:02
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Summary
An exploitable buffer overflow exists in the psnotifyd application of the Pharos PopUp printer client version 9.0. A specially crafted packet can be sent to the victim's computer and can lead to a heap based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. This client is always listening, has root privileges, and requires no user interaction to exploit.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • remote code execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2017-03-07 00:00
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