Microsoft IIS ISAPI w3who.dll Query String Overflow
Description
This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the w3who.dll ISAPI application. This vulnerability was discovered Nicolas Gregoire and this code has been successfully tested against Windows 2000 and Windows XP (SP2). When exploiting Windows XP, the payload must call RevertToSelf before it will be able to spawn a command shell.
Author(s)
- hdm <x@hdm.io>
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/isapi/w3who_query
msf exploit(w3who_query) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(w3who_query) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(w3who_query) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(w3who_query) > exploit
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