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Windows RSH Daemon Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
07/24/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in Windows RSH daemon 1.8. The vulnerability is due to a failure to check for the length of input sent to the RSH server. A CPORT of 512 -> 1023 must be configured for the exploit to be successful.

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

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