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SysGauge SMTP Validation Buffer Overflow

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SysGauge SMTP Validation Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
02/28/2017
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module will setup an SMTP server expecting a connection from SysGauge 1.5.18 via its SMTP server validation. The module sends a malicious response along in the 220 service ready response and exploits the client, resulting in an unprivileged shell.

Author(s)

  • Chris Higgins
  • Peter Baris

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

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