Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-1240. PoCs published by Joxean Koret.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a local buffer overflow in Firebird's command-line argument handling to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The PoC uses a Perl one-liner to generate a payload of 155 'a' characters followed by '1234' to trigger the overflow.
Description
Buffer overflow in inet_server.cpp in (1) fb_inet_server and (2) fbserver in Firebird 1.5.2.4731 allows local users to gain privileges via a long value of the -p argument.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a local buffer overflow in Firebird's command-line argument handling to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The PoC uses a Perl one-liner to generate a payload of 155 'a' characters followed by '1234' to trigger the overflow.