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Microsoft OWC Spreadsheet HTMLURL Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Aug 11, 2009
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in Microsoft's Office Web Components.
When passing an overly long string as the "HTMLURL" parameter an attacker can
execute arbitrary code.

Author

jduck [email protected]

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/ms09_043_owc_htmlurl
    msf exploit(ms09_043_owc_htmlurl) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(ms09_043_owc_htmlurl) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(ms09_043_owc_htmlurl) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(ms09_043_owc_htmlurl) > exploit
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