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MS14-052 Microsoft Internet Explorer XMLDOM Filename Disclosure

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MS14-052 Microsoft Internet Explorer XMLDOM Filename Disclosure

Disclosed
09/09/2014
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module will use the Microsoft XMLDOM object to enumerate a remote machine's filenames. It will try to do so against Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9. To use it, you must supply your own list of file paths. Each file path should look like this: c:\\windows\\system32\\calc.exe

Author(s)

  • Soroush Dalili
  • sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>

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/gather/ms14_052_xmldom
msf auxiliary(ms14_052_xmldom) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(ms14_052_xmldom) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(ms14_052_xmldom) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(ms14_052_xmldom) > run

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