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FreeSSHd 1.0.9 Key Exchange Algorithm String Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
2006-05-12
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits a simple stack buffer overflow in FreeSSHd 1.0.9.
This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when handling a specially
crafted key exchange algorithm string received from an SSH client.

Author

MC mc@metasploit.com

Platform

Windows

References

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