Local code execution via registration-key SEH overwrite
Published May 23, 2026 · Updated May 23, 2026
Stack-based buffer overflow in 10-Strike Network Inventory Explorer 8.54 allows local users to execute code via a registration key. The registration dialog accepts a 5,000-byte key string without an effective length bound, allowing 4,188 padding bytes and attacker-controlled SEH records to overwrite the stack before shellcode runs. Exploitation requires access to the Windows application interface and executes code with the privileges of the account running the program.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in 10-Strike Network Inventory Explorer 8.54 allows local users to execute code via a registration key. The registration dialog accepts a 5,000-byte key string without an effective length bound, allowing 4,188 padding bytes and attacker-controlled SEH records to overwrite the stack before shellcode runs. Exploitation requires access to the Windows application interface and executes code with the privileges of the account running the program.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2018-25344
- Published
- May 23, 2026
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- 10-Strike Software
- Product
- Network Inventory Explorer
- Classifications
- CWE-121, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=8.54
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Public exploit references
- 10-Strike Network Inventory Explorer 8.54 Registration Key Buffer Overflow SEHfunctional · demonstrated
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