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Macrovision InstallShield Update Service ActiveX Unsafe Method

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Macrovision InstallShield Update Service ActiveX Unsafe Method

Disclosed
10/20/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module allows attackers to execute code via an unsafe method in Macrovision InstallShield 2008.

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

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