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Borland InterBase INET_connect() Buffer Overflow

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Borland InterBase INET_connect() Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
10/03/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Borland InterBase by sending a specially crafted service attach request.

Author(s)

  • Ramon de C Valle <rcvalle@metasploit.com>
  • Adriano Lima <adriano@risesecurity.org>

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86

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

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