Dameware
CVE-2019-3956
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.4 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Dameware Remote Mini Control version 12.1.0.34 and prior contains an unauthenticated remote buffer over-read due to the server not properly validating CltDHPubKeyLen during key negotiation, which. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. Dameware Remote Mini Control version 12.1.0.34 and prior contains an unauthenticated remote buffer over-read due to the server not properly validating CltDHPubKeyLen during key negotiation, which could crash the application or leak sensitive information. Affected products include: Dameware Remote Mini Control. Version information: version 12.1.0.34.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Dameware Remote Mini Control version 12.1.0.34 and prior contains an unauthenticated remote buffer over-read due to the server not properly validating CltDHPubKeyLen during key negotiation, which could crash the application or leak sensitive information.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control 12.0 allows rem
Classic buffer overflow in SolarWinds Dameware allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by
Dameware Remote Mini Control version 12.1.0.34 and prior contains a unauthenticated remote heap overflow due to the serv
GitHub PoC
Exploit-DB