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ProFTP 2.9 Banner Remote Buffer Overflow

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ProFTP 2.9 Banner Remote Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
08/25/2009
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in the ProFTP 2.9 client that is triggered through an excessively long welcome message.

Author(s)

  • His0k4 <his0k4.hlm@gmail.com>

Platform

Windows

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

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