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FreeFTPd 1.0.10 Key Exchange Algorithm String Buffer Overflow

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FreeFTPd 1.0.10 Key Exchange Algorithm String Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
05/12/2006
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a simple stack buffer overflow in FreeFTPd 1.0.10 This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when handling a specially crafted key exchange algorithm string received from an SSH client. This module is based on MC's freesshd_key_exchange exploit.

Author(s)

  • riaf <riaf@mysec.org>

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

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