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Windows Media Encoder 9 wmex.dll ActiveX Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
2008-09-09
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Windows Media Encoder 9. When
sending an overly long string to the GetDetailsString() method of wmex.dll
an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Author

MC mc@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/ms08_053_mediaencoder
    msf exploit(ms08_053_mediaencoder) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(ms08_053_mediaencoder) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(ms08_053_mediaencoder) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(ms08_053_mediaencoder) > exploit
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