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MS06-055 Microsoft Internet Explorer VML Fill Method Code Execution

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MS06-055 Microsoft Internet Explorer VML Fill Method Code Execution

Disclosed
09/19/2006
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer using a buffer overflow in the VML processing code (VGX.dll). This module has been tested on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP0, and Windows XP SP2.

Author(s)

  • hdm <x@hdm.io>
  • Aviv Raff <avivra@gmail.com>
  • Trirat Puttaraksa (Kira) <trir00t@gmail.com>
  • Mr.Niega <Mr.Niega@gmail.com>
  • M. Shirk <shirkdog_list@hotmail.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/ms06_055_vml_method
msf exploit(ms06_055_vml_method) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(ms06_055_vml_method) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms06_055_vml_method) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms06_055_vml_method) > exploit

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