module

Webster HTTP Server GET Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
2002-12-02
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This exploits a stack buffer overflow in the Webster HTTP server.
The server and source code was released within an article from
the Microsoft Systems Journal in February 1996 titled "Write a
Simple HTTP-based Server Using MFC and Windows Sockets".

Author

aushack patrick@osisecurity.com.au

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

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