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System V Derived /bin/login Extraneous Arguments Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Dec 12, 2001
Created
Apr 18, 2025

Description

This exploit connects to a system's modem over dialup and exploits
a buffer overflow vulnerability in it's System V derived /bin/login.
The vulnerability is triggered by providing a large number of arguments.

Author

I)ruid [email protected]

Platform

Unix

Architectures

tty

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/solaris/dialup/manyargs
    msf exploit(manyargs) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(manyargs) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(manyargs) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(manyargs) > exploit
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