Description
The Bat! 1.53d and 1.54beta, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an attachment whose name includes an MS-DOS device name.
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
- Rit Research Labs The Bat! 1.53 - Microsoft Denial of Service Device Name Denial of Service EDB-21307 · dos · Feb 27, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- thebat-msdos-device-dos(8303) vdb-entry
- 4187 vdb-entry
- 20020227 SECURITY.NNOV: Special device access in The Bat! mailing-list