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Symantec AppStream LaunchObj ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute

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Symantec AppStream LaunchObj ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute

Disclosed
01/15/2009
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in Symantec AppStream Client 5.x. The vulnerability is in the LaunchObj ActiveX control (launcher.dll 5.1.0.82) containing the "installAppMgr()" method. The insecure method can be exploited to download and execute arbitrary files in the context of the currently logged-on user.

Author(s)

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

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