CVE-2014-2994

N/A Unknown

Published: April 27, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML file containing an IMG element with a long URL (src attribute).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32997

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html