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CVE-2008-4193
published 2008-09-24

CVE-2008-4193: Stack-based buffer overflow in SecurityGateway.dll in Alt-N Technologies SecurityGateway 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long…

PriorityP266critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
74.61%
99.4th percentile
Stack-based buffer overflow in SecurityGateway.dll in Alt-N Technologies SecurityGateway 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username parameter.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
alt-nsecuritygateway

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

port4000
url/SecurityGateway.dll
path/SecurityGateway.dll
commandRequestedPage=login&username=<PAYLOAD>&passwd=world&lang=en&logon=Sign+In
otherSEH overwrite ret: 0x67672190 (pop/pop/ret)
otherSEH overwrite ret: 0x6767756f (p/p/r in XceedZip.dll 4.5.77.0)
bytes
Bindshell shellcode (port 9998): \x6a\x20\x5b\x93\xf7\xe0\x91\xe8\xff\xff\xff\xff\x30\x5e...
  • Detect exploit attempts by monitoring HTTP POST requests to /SecurityGateway.dll on port 4000 with an abnormally long 'username' parameter (overflow triggers at ~720 chars, payload space is 476 bytes).
  • Look for POST body containing 'RequestedPage=login' with a 'username' field exceeding normal length bounds sent to /SecurityGateway.dll.
  • The exploit uses an SEH-based overwrite; monitor for return address 0x6767756f (XceedZip.dll p/p/r) or 0x67672190 appearing in crash dumps or memory analysis of SecurityGateway process.
  • Fingerprint the vulnerable service by sending a GET to /SecurityGateway.dll and checking the response for 'SecurityGateway 1.0.1' in the banner, as used by the Metasploit auto-targeting logic.
  • Successful exploitation results in a bind shell on port 9998 (shellcode default); monitor for unexpected listening services on port 9998 on Windows hosts running SecurityGateway.
  • ·The service does not restart after exploitation; only one exploitation attempt is possible per service instance.
  • ·The username input is lowercased via CharLowerBuff() before the overflow, restricting usable shellcode bytes; payloads must avoid uppercase (0x41-0x5A), 0x00, 0x40, 0x7B, 0xAA, 0xC0-0xC2, 0x80-0x81.
  • ·Successful exploitation yields SYSTEM-level privileges due to the privilege level of the SecurityGateway service process.
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