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Webster HTTP Server GET Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Dec 2, 2002
Created
May 30, 2018

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 [email protected]

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/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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