CVE-2016-2345
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control 12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 51.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in dwrcs.exe in the dwmrcs daemon in SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control 12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 51.50% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 3 April 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- dameware/mini remote control
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS moved from 40.5% on 21 September 2026 to 51.5% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
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References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136293/Solarwinds-Dameware-Mini-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897144Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537823/100/0/threaded
- https://www.securifera.com/advisories/CVE-2016-2345
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136293/Solarwinds-Dameware-Mini-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897144Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537823/100/0/threaded
- https://www.securifera.com/advisories/CVE-2016-2345
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