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Oracle 8i TNS Listener (ARGUMENTS) Buffer Overflow

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Oracle 8i TNS Listener (ARGUMENTS) Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
06/28/2001
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Oracle 8i. When sending a specially crafted packet containing an overly long ARGUMENTS string to the TNS service, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Author(s)

  • MC <mc@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/oracle/tns_arguments
msf exploit(tns_arguments) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(tns_arguments) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(tns_arguments) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(tns_arguments) > exploit

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