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BADPDF Malicious PDF Creator

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BADPDF Malicious PDF Creator

Created
06/14/2018

Description

This module can either creates a blank PDF file which contains a UNC link which can be used to capture NetNTLM credentials, or if the PDFINJECT option is used it will inject the necessary code into an existing PDF document if possible.

Author(s)

  • Assaf Baharav
  • Yaron Fruchtmann
  • Ido Solomon
  • Richard Davy - secureyourit.co.uk

Platform

Windows

Development

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/fileformat/badpdf
msf auxiliary(badpdf) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(badpdf) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(badpdf) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(badpdf) > run

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