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GoldenFTP PASS Stack Buffer Overflow

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GoldenFTP PASS Stack Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
01/23/2011
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in the Golden FTP service, using the PASS command to cause a buffer overflow. Please note that in order trigger the vulnerable code, the victim machine must have the "Show new connections" setting enabled. By default, this option is unchecked.

Author(s)

  • Craig Freyman
  • bannedit <bannedit@metasploit.com>
  • Joff Thyer <jsthyer@gmail.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/ftp/goldenftp_pass_bof
msf exploit(goldenftp_pass_bof) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(goldenftp_pass_bof) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(goldenftp_pass_bof) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(goldenftp_pass_bof) > exploit

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