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Enterasys NetSight nssyslogd.exe Buffer Overflow

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Enterasys NetSight nssyslogd.exe Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
12/19/2011
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Enterasys NetSight. The vulnerability exists in the Syslog service (nssylogd.exe) when parsing a specially crafted PRIO from a syslog message. The module has been tested successfully on Enterasys NetSight 4.0.1.34 over Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003 SP2.

Author(s)

  • Jeremy Brown
  • rgod <rgod@autistici.org>
  • juan vazquez <juan.vazquez@metasploit.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/misc/enterasys_netsight_syslog_bof
msf exploit(enterasys_netsight_syslog_bof) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(enterasys_netsight_syslog_bof) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(enterasys_netsight_syslog_bof) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(enterasys_netsight_syslog_bof) > exploit

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