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TinyIdentD 2.2 Stack Buffer Overflow

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TinyIdentD 2.2 Stack Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
05/14/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow in TinyIdentD version 2.2. If we send a long string to the ident service we can overwrite the return address and execute arbitrary code. Credit to Maarten Boone.

Author(s)

  • Maarten Boone
  • Jacopo Cervini <acaro@jervus.it>

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

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