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Macrovision InstallShield Update Service Buffer Overflow

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Macrovision InstallShield Update Service Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
10/31/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Macrovision InstallShield Update Service(Isusweb.dll 6.0.100.54472). By passing an overly long ProductCode string to the DownloadAndExecute method, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

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/macrovision_downloadandexecute
msf exploit(macrovision_downloadandexecute) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(macrovision_downloadandexecute) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(macrovision_downloadandexecute) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(macrovision_downloadandexecute) > exploit

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