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Gh0st Client buffer Overflow

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Gh0st Client buffer Overflow

Disclosed
07/27/2017
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a Memory buffer overflow in the Gh0st client (C2 server)

Author(s)

  • Professor Plum

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/gh0st
msf exploit(gh0st) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(gh0st) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(gh0st) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(gh0st) > exploit

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