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Novell eDirectory NDS Server Host Header Overflow

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Disclosed
Oct 21, 2006
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Novell eDirectory 8.8.1.
The web interface does not validate the length of the
HTTP Host header prior to using the value of that header in an
HTTP redirect.

Author

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