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VLC AMV Dangling Pointer Vulnerability

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Disclosed
2011-03-23
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits VLC media player when handling a .AMV file. By flipping
the 0x41st byte in the file format (video width/height), VLC crashes due to an
invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to gain arbitrary code execution.
The vulnerable packages include: VLC 1.1.4, VLC 1.1.5, VLC 1.1.6, VLC 1.1.7. Also,
please note that IE 8 targets require Java support in order to run properly.

Author

sinn3r sinn3r@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/vlc_amv
    msf exploit(vlc_amv) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(vlc_amv) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(vlc_amv) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(vlc_amv) > exploit
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