module

Talkative IRC v0.4.4.16 Response Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Mar 17, 2009
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Talkative IRC v0.4.4.16.
When a specially crafted response string is sent to a client,
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/misc/talkative_response
msf exploit(talkative_response) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(talkative_response) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(talkative_response) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(talkative_response) > exploit

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