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Nuance PDF Reader v6.0 Launch Stack Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
2010-10-08
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Nuance PDF Reader v6.0. The vulnerability is
triggered when opening a malformed PDF file that contains an overly long string in a /Launch field. This results in overwriting a structured exception handler record.
This exploit does not use javascript.

Authors

corelanc0d3r peter.ve@corelan.be
rick2600

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