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Ask.com Toolbar askBar.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Sep 24, 2007
Created
May 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

MC [email protected]

Platform

Windows

References

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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