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Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control call-back-url Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Aug 20, 2010
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Novell iPrint Client 5.42.
When sending an overly long string to the 'call-back-url' parameter in an
op-client-interface-version action of ienipp.ocx an attacker may be able to
execute arbitrary code.

Author

Platform

Windows

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

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