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Ask.com Toolbar askBar.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

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Ask.com Toolbar askBar.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
09/24/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Ask.com Toolbar 4.0.2.53. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code by sending an overly long string to the "ShortFormat()" method in askbar.dll.

Author(s)

  • MC <mc@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 exploit/windows/browser/ask_shortformat
msf exploit(ask_shortformat) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(ask_shortformat) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ask_shortformat) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(ask_shortformat) > exploit

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