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Sysax Multi-Server 6.10 SSHD Key Exchange Denial of Service

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Sysax Multi-Server 6.10 SSHD Key Exchange Denial of Service

Disclosed
03/17/2013
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module sends a specially-crafted SSH Key Exchange causing the service to crash.

Author(s)

  • Matt "hostess" Andreko <mandreko@accuvant.com>

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/windows/ssh/sysax_sshd_kexchange
msf auxiliary(sysax_sshd_kexchange) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(sysax_sshd_kexchange) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(sysax_sshd_kexchange) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(sysax_sshd_kexchange) > run

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