Rapid7

module

GoldenFTP PASS Stack Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Jan 23, 2011
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in the Golden FTP service, using the PASS
command to cause a buffer overflow. Please note that in order trigger the vulnerable
code, the victim machine must have the "Show new connections" setting enabled. By
default, this option is unchecked.

Authors

Craig Freyman
bannedit [email protected]
Joff Thyer [email protected]

Platform

Windows

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

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