📄 Description (English)
MegaPing contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized payload to the Destination Address List field in the Finger function. Attackers can paste a crafted buffer exceeding expected input limits into the vulnerable field and trigger the Start button to cause a denial of service crash.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2018-25214 is a local buffer overflow vulnerability in MegaPing 1.0 that allows authenticated local attackers to crash the application through oversized input in the Finger function's Destination Address List field. With a CVSS score of 6.2 and publicly available exploits, this poses a denial of service risk to organizations using legacy network diagnostic tools. No patch is available from the vendor, requiring immediate mitigation through alternative tools or access controls.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 21, 2026 17:25
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability primarily affects Saudi government agencies, research institutions, and IT departments that rely on legacy network diagnostic tools like MegaPing for network troubleshooting. Government entities under NCA oversight and ARAMCO's IT infrastructure are at moderate risk if MegaPing is deployed in their network administration environments. The impact is limited to denial of service of the application itself rather than system compromise, but could disrupt network diagnostics during critical infrastructure monitoring. Telecom operators (STC, Mobily) using such tools for network analysis face operational disruption risks.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Research Institutions
Telecommunications
Energy/Oil & Gas
IT Service Providers
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
4.5
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Inventory all systems running MegaPing 1.0 across the organization
2. Restrict local access to MegaPing through file permissions and user access controls
3. Disable or uninstall MegaPing if not actively required for operations
4. Implement application whitelisting to prevent unauthorized execution
Compensating Controls:
1. Replace MegaPing with modern, actively maintained network diagnostic tools (e.g., Ping, Tracert, or commercial alternatives like SolarWinds)
2. Implement local privilege escalation protections and restrict local user access
3. Monitor process execution logs for MegaPing crashes or abnormal termination
4. Apply principle of least privilege to limit local user capabilities
Detection Rules:
1. Monitor for MegaPing.exe process crashes or unexpected terminations
2. Alert on attempts to execute MegaPing with oversized command-line parameters
3. Log and review access to MegaPing configuration files
4. Implement application crash monitoring and alerting
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. حصر جميع الأنظمة التي تقوم بتشغيل MegaPing 1.0 في جميع أنحاء المنظمة
2. تقييد الوصول المحلي إلى MegaPing من خلال أذونات الملفات وضوابط وصول المستخدم
3. تعطيل أو إلغاء تثبيت MegaPing إذا لم تكن مطلوبة بنشاط للعمليات
4. تنفيذ القائمة البيضاء للتطبيقات لمنع التنفيذ غير المصرح به
الضوابط التعويضية:
1. استبدال MegaPing بأدوات تشخيص شبكة حديثة وتحت الصيانة النشطة (مثل Ping أو Tracert أو بدائل تجارية)
2. تنفيذ حماية تصعيد الامتيازات المحلية وتقييد وصول المستخدم المحلي
3. مراقبة سجلات تنفيذ العملية لأعطال MegaPing أو الإنهاء غير المتوقع
4. تطبيق مبدأ أقل امتياز لتحديد قدرات المستخدم المحلي
قواعد الكشف:
1. مراقبة أعطال عملية MegaPing.exe أو الإنهاء غير المتوقع
2. التنبيه على محاولات تنفيذ MegaPing مع معاملات سطر أوامر مفرطة الحجم
3. تسجيل ومراجعة الوصول إلى ملفات تكوين MegaPing
4. تنفيذ مراقبة وتنبيهات أعطال التطبيق
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information security policies and procedures
A.6.1.1 - Access control policy
A.8.1.1 - Asset management and inventory
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-2 - Software inventory and management
PR.AC-1 - Access control and privilege management
DE.CM-8 - Vulnerability scanning and management
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1 - Management direction for information security
A.6.1 - Internal organization
A.8.1 - Asset management
A.12.6 - Management of technical vulnerabilities and exposures
🔗 References & Sources 4
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http://www.magnetosoft.com/
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Product
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http://www.magnetosoft.com/downloads/win32/megaping_setup.exe
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Product
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46004
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Exploit
VDB Entry
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https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/megaping-local-buffer-overflow-denial-of-service
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Third Party Advisory
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
magnetosoft:megaping:1.0