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cve-2020-15956 — ActiveMediaServer.exe in ACTi NVR3 Standard Server 3.0.12.42 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and application termination via a malformed payload. | Kitploit
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cve-2020-15956

ActiveMediaServer.exe in ACTi NVR3 Standard Server 3.0.12.42 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and application termination via a malformed payload.

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cve-2020-15956

ACTi NVR 2.3 Standard/Professional Server and ACTi NVR3 Standard/Professional Server allows remote unauthenticated attackers to conduct a denial of service. To exploit this vulnerability merely send a malformed authorization header payload of at least 760-bytes to the Media Server triggering a buffer overflow and application termination of ActiveMediaServer.exe.

Vulnerable versions (possibly others):

  • ACTi NVR3 Standard Server V.3.0.12.42
  • ACTi NVR Professional V.2.3.04.07

Expected outcome: Denial of service. Server loss.

Fixed by vendor in NVR3 V.3.0.15.50

Running the Exploit

python3 cve-2020-15956.py http://address

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Resources

https://www.acti.com/DownloadCenter

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