Description
Format string vulnerability in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or "compromise the server" via encoded format string specifiers in the query string.
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
- Easy Address Book Web Server 1.2 - Remote Format String EDB-28489 · remote · Sep 4, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1529 third-party-advisory
- 19842 vdb-entry
- easyaddressbook-url-format-string(28752) vdb-entry
- 20060904 Easy Address Book Web Server Format String Vulnerability mailing-list
- 21959 third-party-advisory