Description
UltraBoard 1.6 and other versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by referencing UltraBoard in the Session parameter, which causes UltraBoard to fork copies of itself.
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
- UltraBoard 1.6 - Denial of Service EDB-19899 · dos · May 5, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20000505 Re: Fun with UltraBoard V1.6X mailing-list
- 1175 vdb-entry