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Apple iOS MobileMail LibTIFF Buffer Overflow

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Apple iOS MobileMail LibTIFF Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
08/01/2006
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in the version of libtiff shipped with firmware versions 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, and 1.1.1 of the Apple iPhone. iPhones which have not had the BSD tools installed will need to use a special payload.

Author(s)

  • hdm <x@hdm.io>
  • kf <kf_list@digitalmunition.com>

Platform

OSX

Architectures

armle

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 exploit/apple_ios/email/mobilemail_libtiff
msf exploit(mobilemail_libtiff) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(mobilemail_libtiff) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(mobilemail_libtiff) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(mobilemail_libtiff) > exploit

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