Microsoft Office Word Malicious Macro Execution
Description
This module injects a malicious macro into a Microsoft Office Word document (docx). The comments field in the metadata is injected with a Base64 encoded payload, which will be decoded by the macro and execute as a Windows executable. For a successful attack, the victim is required to manually enable macro execution.
Author(s)
- sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>
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/multi/fileformat/office_word_macro
msf exploit(office_word_macro) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(office_word_macro) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(office_word_macro) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(office_word_macro) > exploit
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