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LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDAP attack is a buffer overflow exploit against Microsoft Exchange server version 5.5 using LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol). This buffer overflow consists of a malformed bind request that overflows the buffer and can execute arbitrary code. This attack can also cause the Exchange LDAP service to crash.

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LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol