CVE-2012-0201

50Vexday Risk Score

Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.

ssvc Attendepss 37%

from disclosure to weapon0 days

Published on NVDMar 2

1st PoCFeb 29

metasploitFeb 28

exploitation probability

37%top 2% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

2 public exploit(s)

Stack-based buffer overflow in pcspref.dll in pcsws.exe in IBM Personal Communications 5.9.x before 5.9.8 and 6.0.x before 6.0.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long profile string in a WorkStation (aka .ws) file.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 2✓ VexDay Proof

exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539 cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/unverified

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

References

http://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws.rb https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73127 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81539 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586166 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/IBM-Personal-Communications-I-Series-Access-WorkSt