Description
The OmniHTTPD visadmin.exe program allows a remote attacker to conduct a denial of service via a malformed URL which causes a large number of temporary files to be created.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Omnicron OmniHTTPd 1.1/2.0 Alpha 1 - 'visiadmin.exe' Denial of Service EDB-20304 · dos · Jun 5, 1999 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1808 vdb-entry
- 19990605 Remote Exploit (Bug) in OmniHTTPd Web Server mailing-list
- omnihttpd-dos(2271) vdb-entry