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MOXA MediaDBPlayback ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Oct 19, 2010
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in MOXA_ActiveX_SDK. When
sending an overly long string to the PlayFileName() of MediaDBPlayback.DLL (2.2.0.5)
an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Author

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