Rapid7

module

Streamcast HTTP User-Agent Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Jan 24, 2008
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Streamcast an overly long User-Agent in an HTTP GET request, an attacker may be able to
execute arbitrary code.

Platform

Windows

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

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