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AOL 9.5 Phobos.Playlist Import() Stack-based Buffer Overflow

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AOL 9.5 Phobos.Playlist Import() Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
01/20/2010
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow within Phobos.dll of AOL 9.5. By setting an overly long value to 'Import()', an attacker can overrun a buffer and execute arbitrary code. NOTE: This ActiveX control is NOT marked safe for scripting or initialization.

Author(s)

  • Trancer <mtrancer@gmail.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/fileformat/aol_phobos_bof
msf exploit(aol_phobos_bof) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(aol_phobos_bof) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(aol_phobos_bof) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(aol_phobos_bof) > exploit

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