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SHTTPD URI-Encoded POST Request Overflow

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SHTTPD URI-Encoded POST Request Overflow

Disclosed
10/06/2006
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in SHTTPD <= 1.34. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of POST requests. Based on an original exploit by skOd but using a different method found by hdm.

Author(s)

  • LMH <lmh@info-pull.com>
  • hdm <x@hdm.io>
  • skOd

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

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