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HP StorageWorks P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Login Buffer Overflow

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HP StorageWorks P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Login Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
06/28/2013
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability found in HP's StorageWorks P4000 VSA on versions prior to 10.0. The vulnerability is due to an insecure usage of the sscanf() function when parsing login requests. This module has been tested successfully on the HP VSA 9 Virtual Appliance.

Author(s)

  • e6af8de8b1d4b2b6d5ba2610cbf9cd38
  • juan vazquez <juan.vazquez@metasploit.com>

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86

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/misc/hp_vsa_login_bof
msf exploit(hp_vsa_login_bof) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(hp_vsa_login_bof) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(hp_vsa_login_bof) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(hp_vsa_login_bof) > exploit

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