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WinVNC Web Server GET Overflow

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Disclosed
Jan 29, 2001
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in the AT&T WinVNC version
enabled (non-default), an overly long GET request can overwrite
the stack. This exploit does not work well with VNC payloads!

Author

aushack [email protected]

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