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VideoLAN Client (VLC) Win32 smb:// URI Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Jun 24, 2009
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection
function of the VideoLAN VLC media player. Versions 0.9.9 through 1.0.1 are
reportedly affected.

This vulnerability is only present in Win32 builds of VLC.

This payload was found to work with the windows/exec and
windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp payloads. However, the
windows/meterpreter/reverse_ord_tcp was found not to work.

Author

jduck [email protected]

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