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Publish-It PUI Buffer Overflow (SEH)

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Disclosed
Feb 5, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow in Publish-It when
processing a specially crafted .PUI file. This vulnerability could be
exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target
machine by enticing a user of Publish-It to open a malicious .PUI file.

Authors

Daniel Kazimirow
Andrew Smith "jakx_"

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