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Streamcast HTTP User-Agent Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
01/24/2008
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Streamcast <= 0.9.75. By sending an overly long User-Agent in an HTTP GET request, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Author(s)

  • LSO <lso@hushmail.com>
  • aushack <patrick@osisecurity.com.au>

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

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