Critical severity · published Apr 12, 2016
CVE-2015-8841
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Archive support module in ESET NOD32 before update 11861 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of languages in an…
9.8
CVSS
8.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Archive support module in ESET NOD32 before update 11861 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of languages in an EPOC installation file of type SIS_FILE_MULTILANG.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.9% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Nod32 · Eset
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8841
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8841
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136082/ESET-NOD32-Heap-Overflow.html
Product
http://www.virusradar.com/en/update/info/11861
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=466
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