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EMC ApplicationXtender (KeyWorks) ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Sep 29, 2009
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the KeyWorks KeyHelp ActiveX Control
(KeyHelp.ocx 1.2.3120.0). This ActiveX Control comes bundled with EMC's
Documentation ApplicationXtender 5.4.

Platform

Windows

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

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