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Metasploit HTTP(S) handler DoS

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Disclosed
Sep 4, 2019
Created
Dec 27, 2019

Description

This module exploits the Metasploit HTTP(S) handler by sending
a specially crafted HTTP request that gets added as a resource handler.
Resources (which come from the external connections) are evaluated as RegEx
in the handler server. Specially crafted input can trigger Gentle, Soft and Hard DoS.

Tested against Metasploit 5.0.20.

Authors

Jose Garduno, Dreamlab Technologies AG
Angelo Seiler, Dreamlab Technologies AG

References

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 auxiliary/dos/http/metasploit_httphandler_dos
    msf auxiliary(metasploit_httphandler_dos) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(metasploit_httphandler_dos) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(metasploit_httphandler_dos) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(metasploit_httphandler_dos) > run
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