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Gekko Manager FTP Client Stack Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Oct 12, 2010
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in Gekko Manager ftp client, triggered when
processing the response received after sending a LIST request. If this response contains
a long filename, a buffer overflow occurs, overwriting a structured exception handler.

Authors

nullthreat
corelanc0d3r [email protected]

Platform

Windows

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