module

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 8.03 Buffer Overflow

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

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

MC mc@metasploit.com

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/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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