Rapid7

module

WebSTAR FTP Server USER Overflow

Disclosed
Jul 13, 2004
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the logging routine
of the WebSTAR FTP server. Reliable code execution is
obtained by a series of hops through the System library.

Platform

OSX

Architectures

ppc

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

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