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Metasploit HTTP(S) handler DoS

Disclosed
09/04/2019
Created
12/27/2019

Description

This module exploits the Metasploit HTTP(S) handler by sending a specially crafted HTTP request that gets added as a resource handler. Resources (which come from the external connections) are evaluated as RegEx in the handler server. Specially crafted input can trigger Gentle, Soft and Hard DoS. Tested against Metasploit 5.0.20.

Author(s)

  • Jose Garduno, Dreamlab Technologies AG
  • Angelo Seiler, Dreamlab Technologies AG

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 auxiliary/dos/http/metasploit_httphandler_dos
msf auxiliary(metasploit_httphandler_dos) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(metasploit_httphandler_dos) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(metasploit_httphandler_dos) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(metasploit_httphandler_dos) > run

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