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Disk Pulse Enterprise GET Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Aug 25, 2017
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits an SEH buffer overflow in Disk Pulse Enterprise
9.9.16. If a malicious user sends a crafted HTTP GET request
it is possible to execute a payload that would run under the Windows
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM account.

Authors

Chance Johnson
Nipun Jaswal & Anurag Srivastava

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

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