Product Key Explorer 4.2.2.0 - 'Key' Denial of Service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Nsauditor Product Key Explorer 4.2.2.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by inputting a specially crafted registration key. Attackers can generate a payload of 1000 bytes of repeated characters and paste it into the 'Key' input field to trigger the application crash.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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-2020-37131
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c7w3-w5vf-px2h
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
More Nsasoft Product Key Explorer vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-15388 Product Key Explorer 4.2.0.0 - 'Name' Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2024-00710 Nsasoft Product Key Explorer Registration memory corruption CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-37131 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-37131 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c7w3-w5vf-px2h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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