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Novell eDirectory 8 Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Dec 12, 2012
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This exploit abuses a buffer overflow vulnerability in Novell eDirectory. The
vulnerability exists in the ndsd daemon, specifically in the NCP service, while
parsing a specially crafted Keyed Object Login request. It allows remote code
execution with root privileges.

Authors

David Klein
Gary Nilson
juan vazquez [email protected]

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86

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