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Novell eDirectory NDS Server Host Header Overflow

Disclosed
10/21/2006
Created
05/30/2018

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(s)

  • MC <mc@metasploit.com>

Platform

Windows

Development

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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