CVE-2011-0404

high

Published 2011-01-11 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in NetSupport Manager Agent for Linux 11.00, for Solaris 9.50, and for Mac OS X 11.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long control hostname to TCP port 5405, probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5252.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-15937 remote multiple verified

ikki · 2011-01-08

NetSupport Manager Agent - Remote Buffer Overflow (1)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-16838 remote linux verified

Metasploit · 2011-03-03

NetSupport Manager Agent - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/misc/netsupport_manager_agent rank 200

NetSupport Manager Agent Remote Buffer Overflow

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
netsupport	netsupport_manager_agent	`9.50`
netsupport	netsupport_manager_agent	`11.00`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.