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Icona SpA C6 Messenger DownloaderActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute

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Disclosed
Jun 3, 2008
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in Icona SpA C6 Messenger 1.0.0.1. The
vulnerability is in the DownloaderActiveX Control (DownloaderActiveX.ocx). The
insecure control can be abused to download and execute arbitrary files in the context of
the currently logged-on user.

Authors

Unknown
juan vazquez [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/c6_messenger_downloaderactivex
    msf exploit(c6_messenger_downloaderactivex) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(c6_messenger_downloaderactivex) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(c6_messenger_downloaderactivex) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(c6_messenger_downloaderactivex) > exploit
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