module

KingScada kxClientDownload.ocx ActiveX Remote Code Execution

Disclosed	Created
Jan 14, 2014	May 30, 2018

Disclosed

Jan 14, 2014

Created

May 30, 2018

Description

This module abuses the kxClientDownload.ocx ActiveX control distributed with WellingTech KingScada.
The ProjectURL property can be abused to download and load arbitrary DLLs from
arbitrary locations, leading to arbitrary code execution, because of a dangerous
usage of LoadLibrary. Due to the nature of the vulnerability, this module will work
only when Protected Mode is not present or not enabled.

Authors

Andrea Micalizzi
juan vazquez [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/wellintech_kingscada_kxclientdownload
    msf exploit(wellintech_kingscada_kxclientdownload) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(wellintech_kingscada_kxclientdownload) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(wellintech_kingscada_kxclientdownload) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(wellintech_kingscada_kxclientdownload) > exploit

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