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Foxit Reader 3.0 Open Execute Action Stack Based Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Mar 9, 2009
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in Foxit Reader 3.0 builds 1301 and earlier.
Due to the way Foxit Reader handles the input from an "Launch" action, it is possible
to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, allowing an attacker to gain arbitrary code
execution under the context of the user.

Authors

Francisco Falcon
bannedit [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/fileformat/foxit_reader_launch
    msf exploit(foxit_reader_launch) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(foxit_reader_launch) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(foxit_reader_launch) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(foxit_reader_launch) > exploit
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