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Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 8.03 Buffer Overflow

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Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 8.03 Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
08/25/2004
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in IPswitch WhatsUp Gold 8.03. By posting a long string for the value of 'instancename' in the _maincfgret.cgi script an attacker can overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

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

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