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 Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
78.00%

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 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.