CVE-2016-2344
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedStack-based buffer overflow in manager.exe in Backburner Manager in Autodesk Backburner 2016 2016.0.0.2150 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted command. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability in environments in which the administrator has not followed documentation that outlines the security risks of operating Backburner on untrusted networks.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceStack-based buffer overflow in manager.exe in Autodesk Backburner 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted commands sent to the Backburner Manager service.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 2016.0.0.2150CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Autodesk Backburner is installedCheck for the presence of the Backburner installation directory (typically at C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Backburner or C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner) and confirm manager.exe exists within it.Affected if Autodesk Backburner is not installed on the system.
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Determine the installed version of manager.exeRight-click on manager.exe in the Backburner installation folder, select Properties, then view the Details tab to find the File Version. Alternatively, run 'manager.exe -v' from the command line if supported, or check the Windows Programs and Features list for the installed Autodesk Backburner version.Affected if The version is 2016.0.0.2150 or lower.
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Confirm the Backburner Manager service is runningOpen Services (services.msc) and look for 'Backburner Manager' or check via command line with 'sc query BackburnerManager' or 'net start' to see if the Manager service is currently active.Affected if The Backburner Manager service is not running.
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Check if the Manager service is listening on network portsRun 'netstat -an | findstr "2223"' (or the configured Manager port, default is 2223) to determine if the service is bound to a network interface. Also verify firewall rules to confirm whether the port is exposed to untrusted networks.Affected if The Manager service is listening on 0.0.0.0 or an external IP address rather than localhost only.
A user is affected if Autodesk Backburner 2016 is installed with manager.exe version 2016.0.0.2150 or lower AND the Backburner Manager service is running and accessible on the network.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataFollow Autodesk documentation: do not expose Backburner Manager to untrusted networks; implement network segmentation and firewall rules to restrict access to trusted hosts only.
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