Rapid7

module

MS01-023 Microsoft IIS 5.0 Printer Host Header Overflow

Disclosed
May 1, 2001
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This exploits a buffer overflow in the request processor of the
Internet Printing Protocol ISAPI module in IIS. This module
works against Windows 2000 Server and Professional SP0-SP1.

If the service stops responding after a successful compromise,
run the exploit a couple more times to completely kill the
hung process.

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

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/iis/ms01_023_printer
msf exploit(ms01_023_printer) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(ms01_023_printer) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms01_023_printer) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms01_023_printer) > exploit

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