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VLC Media Player RealText Subtitle Overflow

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VLC Media Player RealText Subtitle Overflow

Disclosed
11/05/2008
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC < 0.9.6. The vulnerability exists in the parsing of RealText subtitle files. In order to exploit this, this module will generate two files: The .mp4 file is used to trick your victim into running. The .rt file is the actual malicious file that triggers the vulnerability, which should be placed under the same directory as the .mp4 file.

Author(s)

  • Tobias Klein
  • SkD
  • juan vazquez <juan.vazquez@metasploit.com>

Platform

Windows

Development

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

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