module

Microsoft Windows DNSAPI.dll LLMNR Buffer Underrun DoS

Disclosed	Created
Apr 12, 2011	May 30, 2018

Disclosed

Apr 12, 2011

Created

May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer underrun vulnerability in Microsoft's DNSAPI.dll
as distributed with Windows Vista and later without KB2509553. By sending a
specially crafted LLMNR query, containing a leading '.' character, an attacker
can trigger stack exhaustion or potentially cause stack memory corruption.

Although this vulnerability may lead to code execution, it has not been proven
to be possible at the time of this writing.

NOTE: In some circumstances, a '.' may be found before the top of the stack is
reached. In these cases, this module may not be able to cause a crash.

Author

jduck [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/dos/windows/llmnr/ms11_030_dnsapi
    msf auxiliary(ms11_030_dnsapi) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(ms11_030_dnsapi) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(ms11_030_dnsapi) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(ms11_030_dnsapi) > run

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