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Macrovision InstallShield Update Service ActiveX Unsafe Method

Disclosed
Oct 20, 2007
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

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

Platform

Windows

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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