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WebSTAR FTP Server USER Overflow

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WebSTAR FTP Server USER Overflow

Disclosed
07/13/2004
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the logging routine of the WebSTAR FTP server. Reliable code execution is obtained by a series of hops through the System library.

Author(s)

  • ddz <ddz@theta44.org>
  • hdm <x@hdm.io>

Platform

OSX

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/osx/ftp/webstar_ftp_user
msf exploit(webstar_ftp_user) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(webstar_ftp_user) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(webstar_ftp_user) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(webstar_ftp_user) > exploit

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