AIDA64 Extreme 5.99.4900 SEH Buffer Overflow via EggHunter
AIDA64 Extreme 5.99.4900 contains a structured exception handling buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying malicious input through the email preferences and report wizard interfaces. Attackers can inject crafted payloads into the Display name field and Load from file parameter to trigger the overflow and execute shellcode with application privileges.
- Published
- Mar 24, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 16th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-787
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Report tools
Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · VulnCheck
- 8.6
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| aida64 | aida64 | cpe:2.3:a:aida64:aida64 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- aida64 aida645.99.4900
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Aida64 AIDA64 Extreme
- 5.99.4900 #affected
Same product
aida64: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-25631AIDA64 Business 5.99.4900 SEH Buffer Overflow via EggHunter34Monitor
- CVE-2019-25629AIDA64 Extreme 5.99.4900 SEH Buffer Overflow via Logging34Monitor
- CVE-2019-25360Aida64 6.10.5200 - Buffer Overflow33Monitor
- CVE-2020-19513Buffer overflow in FinalWire Ltd AIDA64 Engineer 6.00.5100 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating a crafted input that will 31Monitor
- CVE-2019-7244An issue was discovered in kerneld.sys in AIDA64 before 5.99.29Monitor
- CVE-2020-37140Everest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service18Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Peyman Forouzan #finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2019-256290 days apartAIDA64 Extreme 5.99.4900 SEH Buffer Overflow via Logging34Monitor
- CVE-2019-256310 days apartAIDA64 Business 5.99.4900 SEH Buffer Overflow via EggHunter34Monitor
- CVE-2020-3714047 days apartEverest 5.50.2100 - 'Open File' Denial of Service18Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds WriteCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- download.aida64.com/aida64extreme599.exe
- www.aida64.com
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aida64-extreme-seh-buffer-overflow-via-egghunter
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.