CVE-2020-16898 PoC — Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Source

https://github.com/corelight/CVE-2020-16898

Associated Vulnerability

Title: Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-16898)
Description:A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the ability to execute code on the target server or client. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

Description

A network detection package for CVE-2020-16898 (Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability)

Readme

# "Bad Neighbor" Detection, CVE-2020-16898 (Windows TCP/IP RCE) 

## Summary:  
A network detection package for CVE-2020-16898 (Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability)

## References: 
- https://corelight.blog/2020/10/15/zeek-community-activates-to-detect-bad-neighbor-cve-2020-16898/
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16898#ID0EUGAC
- Other detection packages developed independently and concurrently by the Zeek community:
https://github.com/initconf/CVE-2020-16898-Bad-Neighbor/blob/master/scripts/CVE-2020-16898-Bad-Neighbor.zeek  
https://github.com/esnet-security/cve-2020-16898

## Notices raised :   

```CVE-2020-16898 exploit detected from %s. https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16898#ID0EUGAC . Details from packet for reference: info=%s , options=%s```


## Usage, notes and recommendations:
- To use against a pcap you already have ```zeek -Cr scripts/__load__.zeek your.pcap```   
- This package will run in clustered or non clustered environments.  

## Feedback
- As details emerge, we are keen to improve this package for the benefit of the community, please feel free to contact the author with any suggestions and feedback.

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