Morris Worm - fingerd Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Morris Worm fingerd Stack Buffer Overflow', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in fingerd on 4.3BSD. This...

Morris Worm fingerd Stack Buffer Overflow

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in fingerd on 4.3BSD. This vulnerability was exploited by the Morris worm in 1988-11-02. Cliff Stoll reports on the worm in the epilogue of The Cuckoo's Egg. Currently, only bsd/vax/shellreversetcp is supported. This module requires Metasploit:...

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