{"id":2328,"date":"2009-10-19T23:13:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T21:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corelan.be:8800\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2009-10-19T23:13:36","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T21:13:36","slug":"fuzzing-with-metasploit-simple-ftp-fuzzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corelan.be\/index.php\/2009\/10\/19\/fuzzing-with-metasploit-simple-ftp-fuzzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuzzing with Metasploit : Simple FTP fuzzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted to drop a quick note about the release of another free script. This time I\u2019ve written a simple FTP fuzzer (with a little help from HDMoore) in Metasploit. You can read more about it (and download the script) at <a href=\"\/index.php\/my-free-tools\/security\/metasploit\/simple-ftp-fuzzer-metasploit-module\/\">http:\/\/www.corelan.be:8800\/index.php\/my-free-tools\/security\/metasploit\/simple-ftp-fuzzer-metasploit-module\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is why I like Metasploit so much\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Update<\/span><\/em> : after running some fuzzing instances against a couple of FTP servers (Win32), I have noticed that some odd folders were created in my ftp root folder, and that these folders cannot be renamed or removed anymore<\/p>\n<p>(Error message : \u201cCannot read from the source file or disk\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Solution : the rmdir command allow you to remove these folders using a \\\\?\\ reference<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say the ftp root is located at ftp, and the folder that cannot be removed looks like a bunch of A\u2019s, with spaces in between, then you can remove this folder with the following command :<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: 1px solid #cecece; padding: 5px; overflow: auto; min-height: 40px; width: 650px; background-color: #f0f0f0;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rmdir<\/span> \/S \/Q \"<span style=\"color: #8b0000\">\\\\?\\C:\\ftp\\A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A <\/span>\"<\/pre>\n<p>(basically, use TAB completion to fill out the full name of the folder)<\/p>\n<p>(I\u2019ve found this solution at <a title=\"http:\/\/blog.dotsmart.net\/2008\/06\/12\/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk\/\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.dotsmart.net\/2008\/06\/12\/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk\/\">http:\/\/blog.dotsmart.net\/2008\/06\/12\/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted to drop a quick note about the release of another free script. This time I\u2019ve written a simple FTP fuzzer (with a little help from HDMoore) in Metasploit. You can read more about it (and download the script) at http:\/\/www.corelan.be:8800\/index.php\/my-free-tools\/security\/metasploit\/simple-ftp-fuzzer-metasploit-module\/ This is why I like Metasploit so much\u2026 \ud83d\ude42 Update : after running &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corelan.be\/index.php\/2009\/10\/19\/fuzzing-with-metasploit-simple-ftp-fuzzer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Fuzzing with Metasploit : Simple FTP fuzzer\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[488,245,373,127],"tags":[2440,1991,1824,47],"class_list":["post-2328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corelan-free-tools","category-exploits","category-scripts","category-security","tag-ftp","tag-fuzzing","tag-metasploit","tag-server"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fuzzing with Metasploit : Simple FTP fuzzer - Corelan | Exploit Development &amp; Vulnerability Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corelan.be\/index.php\/2009\/10\/19\/fuzzing-with-metasploit-simple-ftp-fuzzer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fuzzing with Metasploit : Simple FTP fuzzer - Corelan | Exploit Development &amp; Vulnerability Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just wanted to drop a quick note about the release of another free script. 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