module

MS05-039 Microsoft Plug and Play Service Overflow

Disclosed
Aug 9, 2005
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the Windows Plug
and Play service. This vulnerability can be exploited on
Windows 2000 without a valid user account.

NOTE: Since the PnP service runs inside the service.exe process, a failed
exploit attempt will cause the system to automatically reboot.

Platform

Windows

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use exploit/windows/smb/ms05_039_pnp
msf exploit(ms05_039_pnp) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(ms05_039_pnp) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms05_039_pnp) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms05_039_pnp) > exploit

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