Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-5227

Title: Enterasys Netsight RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2011-5227

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Oct 25, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
76.95%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-5227: Stack-based buffer overflow in the Syslog service (nssyslogd.exe) in Enterasys Network Management Suite (NMS) before 4.1.0.80 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PRIO field in a message to UDP port 514.

Impacted Vendors

E
enterasys 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/47263 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026440 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-350/ https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/display/4n/kb/article.aspx?aid=14206&n=3&tab=search&bt=4n&s= https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/utility/downloadArticle.aspx?aid=14206 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71889 http://secunia.com/advisories/47263 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026440 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-350/ https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/display/4n/kb/article.aspx?aid=14206&n=3&tab=search&bt=4n&s= https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/utility/downloadArticle.aspx?aid=14206 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71889
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-5227 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23887
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.