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GSM SIM Editor 5.15 Buffer Overflow

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GSM SIM Editor 5.15 Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
07/07/2010
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in GSM SIM Editor 5.15. When opening a specially crafted .sms file in GSM SIM Editor a stack-based buffer overflow occurs which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Author(s)

  • Ruben Alejandro
  • chap0 <contact.chap0@gmail.com>
  • Lincoln <lincoln@corelan.be>

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

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