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MS06-071 Microsoft Internet Explorer XML Core Services HTTP Request Handling

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MS06-071 Microsoft Internet Explorer XML Core Services HTTP Request Handling

Disclosed
10/10/2006
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a code execution vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services which exists in the XMLHTTP ActiveX control. This module is the modified version of http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/2743 - credit to str0ke. This module has been successfully tested on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 Server SP0 with IE6 + Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 SP2.

Author(s)

  • Trirat Puttaraksa <trir00t@gmail.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_071_xml_core
msf exploit(ms06_071_xml_core) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(ms06_071_xml_core) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms06_071_xml_core) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms06_071_xml_core) > exploit

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