Sysax Multi Server 6.95 - 'Password' Denial of Service (PoC)
Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-1284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Sysax Multi Server 6.95 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the administrative password field that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the password field with 800 bytes of repeated characters to trigger an application crash and disrupt server functionality.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00536 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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-2023-54337
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p8c7-9h6j-9wmg
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
More Sysax Multi Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-05483 Sysax Multi Server < 5.55 SSH Username Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2013-06205 Sysax Multi-Server <= 6.10 SSHD Key Exchange DoS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-35807 Sysax Multi Server 6.99 is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) condition when… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2012-05248 Stack-based buffer overflow in Sysax Multi Server before 5.52, when HTTP is enabled… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-35808 Sysax Multi Server 6.99 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the /scgi?sid parameter. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2009-04546 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Sysax Multi Server 4.5 allow remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
Sources
- CVE-2023-54337 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-54337 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p8c7-9h6j-9wmg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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