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WU-FTPD SITE EXEC/INDEX Format String Vulnerability

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Disclosed
2000-06-22
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits a format string vulnerability in versions of the
Washington University FTP server older than 2.6.1. By executing
specially crafted SITE EXEC or SITE INDEX commands containing format
specifiers, an attacker can corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code.

Author

jduck jduck@metasploit.com

Platform

Linux

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/multi/ftp/wuftpd_site_exec_format
    msf exploit(wuftpd_site_exec_format) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(wuftpd_site_exec_format) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(wuftpd_site_exec_format) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(wuftpd_site_exec_format) > exploit
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