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Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

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Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
06/05/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Upload ActiveX Control (ywcupl.dll) provided by Yahoo! Messenger version 8.1.0.249. By sending an overly long string to the "Server()" method, and then calling the "Send()" method, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. Using the payloads "windows/shell_bind_tcp" and "windows/shell_reverse_tcp" yield for the best results.

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

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