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freeFTPd 1.0 Username Overflow

Disclosed
11/16/2005
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the freeFTPd multi-protocol file transfer service. This flaw can only be exploited when logging has been enabled (non-default).

Author(s)

  • MC <mc@metasploit.com>

Platform

Windows

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

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