module

VMWare OVF Tools Format String Vulnerability

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Disclosed
2012-11-08
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits a format string vulnerability in VMWare OVF Tools 2.1 for
Windows. The vulnerability occurs when printing error messages while parsing a
a malformed OVF file. The module has been tested successfully with VMWare OVF Tools
2.1 on Windows XP SP3.

Authors

Jeremy Brown
juan vazquez juan.vazquez@metasploit.com

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