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Description

Simple Startup Manager 1.17 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting memory through the 'File' input parameter. Attackers can craft a malicious payload with 268 bytes to trigger code execution, bypassing DEP and overwriting memory addresses to launch calc.exe.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-28 | Published 2026-01-30 | Updated 2026-02-03 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

1.17
affected

Credits

PovlTekstTV finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48678 (ExploitDB-48678) exploit

www.ashkon.com/startup_manager.html (Product Webpage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...rtup-manager-file-local-buffer-overflow (VulnCheck Advisory: Simple Startup Manager 1.17 - 'File' Local Buffer Overflow) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2020-37031)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2020-37031)

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