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System V Derived /bin/login Extraneous Arguments Buffer Overflow

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System V Derived /bin/login Extraneous Arguments Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
12/12/2001
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This exploit connects to a system's modem over dialup and exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in it's System V derived /bin/login. The vulnerability is triggered by providing a large number of arguments.

Author(s)

  • I)ruid <druid@caughq.org>

Platform

Unix

Architectures

tty

Development

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/dialup/multi/login/manyargs
msf exploit(manyargs) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(manyargs) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(manyargs) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(manyargs) > exploit

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