module

Nuance PDF Reader v6.0 Launch Stack Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Oct 8, 2010
Created
May 30, 2018

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 [email protected]
rick2600

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/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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