📄 Description (English)
SpotAuditor 3.6.7 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the Base64 Password Decoder component that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can supply an oversized Base64 string through the decoder interface to trigger a denial of service condition.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2019-25666 is a local buffer overflow vulnerability in SpotAuditor 3.6.7's Base64 Password Decoder that enables denial of service attacks through oversized input strings. With a CVSS score of 6.2 and no available patch, this vulnerability poses a moderate risk to organizations using this password auditing tool. The lack of exploit availability and local-only attack vector limit immediate threat, but the absence of a patch requires alternative mitigation strategies.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 22, 2026 20:49
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability primarily affects Saudi government agencies, financial institutions, and large enterprises that utilize SpotAuditor for password security auditing and compliance verification. Banking sector organizations (SAMA-regulated) and government entities (NCA oversight) conducting internal security assessments face potential service disruption. The impact is localized to systems where SpotAuditor is installed, affecting internal security operations rather than customer-facing infrastructure. Healthcare and energy sectors using this tool for credential management audits may experience operational disruptions during security assessments.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Banking
Healthcare
Energy
Telecommunications
Enterprise IT
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
4.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Inventory all systems running SpotAuditor 3.6.7 and document their criticality and network isolation status
2. Restrict access to SpotAuditor's Base64 Password Decoder component to authorized personnel only
3. Implement input validation to reject Base64 strings exceeding documented maximum length specifications
4. Monitor application logs for crashes or unexpected terminations related to the decoder function
Compensating Controls:
5. Isolate SpotAuditor instances on segmented networks with restricted access controls
6. Implement application-level monitoring and alerting for decoder component failures
7. Use alternative password auditing tools that have active security support and regular patching
8. Establish manual review procedures for Base64-encoded password data before processing
Detection Rules:
9. Monitor for repeated Base64 decoder errors or application crashes in SpotAuditor logs
10. Alert on attempts to input Base64 strings larger than 10KB to the decoder interface
11. Track application crash dumps and correlate with decoder component activity
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. قم بحصر جميع الأنظمة التي تعمل بـ SpotAuditor 3.6.7 وتوثيق حالتها الحرجة وحالة عزلها عن الشبكة
2. قيّد الوصول إلى مكون Base64 Password Decoder في SpotAuditor للموظفين المصرح لهم فقط
3. طبّق التحقق من صحة الإدخال لرفض سلاسل Base64 التي تتجاوز مواصفات الطول الأقصى الموثقة
4. راقب سجلات التطبيق للأعطال أو الإنهاءات غير المتوقعة المتعلقة بوظيفة الفك
الضوابط البديلة:
5. عزل مثيلات SpotAuditor على شبكات مقسمة بضوابط وصول مقيدة
6. طبّق المراقبة على مستوى التطبيق والتنبيهات لأعطال مكون الفك
7. استخدم أدوات تدقيق كلمات مرور بديلة لها دعم أمني نشط وتصحيحات منتظمة
8. أنشئ إجراءات مراجعة يدوية لبيانات كلمات المرور المشفرة بـ Base64 قبل المعالجة
قواعد الكشف:
9. راقب أخطاء فك التشفير المتكررة أو أعطال التطبيق في سجلات SpotAuditor
10. أصدر تنبيهات عند محاولات إدخال سلاسل Base64 أكبر من 10KB إلى واجهة الفك
11. تتبع ملفات تفريغ أعطال التطبيق وربطها بنشاط مكون الفك
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
ECC 2024 A.12.2.1 - Change management procedures
ECC 2024 A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.RA-1 - Asset management and vulnerability identification
PR.IP-12 - Security patch management
DE.CM-8 - Vulnerability scanning and monitoring
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
A.14.2.1 - Secure development and change management
A.12.2.1 - Change management procedures
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
Requirement 6.2 - Security patches and updates
Requirement 11.2 - Vulnerability scanning