module

Firefox onreadystatechange Event DocumentViewerImpl Use After Free

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Disclosed
2013-06-25
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability found on Firefox 17.0.6, specifically a use
after free of a DocumentViewerImpl object, triggered via a specially crafted web
page using onreadystatechange events and the window.stop() API, as exploited in the
wild on 2013 August to target Tor Browser users.

Authors

Nils
Unknown
w3bd3vil
sinn3r sinn3r@metasploit.com
juan vazquez juan.vazquez@metasploit.com

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