AIDA64 Business 5.99.4900 SEH Buffer Overflow via EggHunter
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
AIDA64 Business 5.99.4900 contains a structured exception handling buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting SEH pointers with malicious shellcode. Attackers can inject egg hunter shellcode through the SMTP display name field in preferences or report wizard functionality to trigger the overflow and execute code with application privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-25631
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8pg-mgqw-f774
References
Exploit 1
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Sources
- CVE-2019-25631 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-25631 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j8pg-mgqw-f774 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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