| Plugin ID | 296 |
| Plugin name | FakeBO buffer overflow |
| Plugin filename | FakeBO buffer overflow.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 2111 bytes |
| Plugin family | Backdoors |
| Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
| Plugin created email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
| Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
| Plugin created company | computec.ch |
| Plugin created date | 2005/01/04 |
| Plugin version | 1.0 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 12345 |
| Plugin procedure detection | open|sleep|close|pattern_exists NetBus |
| Plugin detection accuracy | 75 |
| Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison |
| Bug advisory | http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12437 |
| Bug affected | FakeBO |
| Bug not affected | Real BackOrifice |
| Bug vulnerability class | Buffer Overflow |
| Bug description | We detected a possible buffer overflow in the service FakeBO. An attacker may connect to this port, then send a specially crafted buffer which will give him a shell. |
| Bug solution | Disable this service. It's useless anyway. At worst, upgrade. |
| Bug fixing time | Approx. 30 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | Yes |
| Bug severity | High |
| Bug popularity | 7 |
| Bug simplicity | 8 |
| Bug impact | 9 |
| Bug risk | 8 |
| Bug Nessus risk | High |
| Bug check tools | Nessus can check this flaw with the plugin 10066 (FakeBO buffer overflow). |
| Source Nessus ID | 10066 |
| Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
| Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |