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Berlios GPSD Format String Vulnerability

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Berlios GPSD Format String Vulnerability

Disclosed
05/25/2005
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a format string vulnerability in the Berlios GPSD server. This vulnerability was discovered by Kevin Finisterre.

Author(s)

  • Yann Senotier <yann.senotier@cyber-networks.fr>

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86

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

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