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IBM Rational ClearQuest CQOle Remote Code Execution

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Disclosed
May 19, 2012
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a function prototype mismatch on the CQOle ActiveX
control in IBM Rational ClearQuest allows reliable remote code execution when DEP isn't enabled.

Authors

Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod
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/clear_quest_cqole
    msf exploit(clear_quest_cqole) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(clear_quest_cqole) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(clear_quest_cqole) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(clear_quest_cqole) > exploit
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