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MS13-097 Registry Symlink IE Sandbox Escape

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Disclosed
Dec 10, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in Internet Explorer Sandbox which allows to
escape the Enhanced Protected Mode and execute code with Medium Integrity. The
vulnerability exists in the IESetProtectedModeRegKeyOnly function from the ieframe.dll
component, which can be abused to force medium integrity IE to user influenced keys.
By using registry symlinks it's possible force IE to add a policy entry in the registry
and finally bypass Enhanced Protected Mode.

Authors

James Forshaw
juan vazquez [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/local/ms13_097_ie_registry_symlink
    msf exploit(ms13_097_ie_registry_symlink) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(ms13_097_ie_registry_symlink) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(ms13_097_ie_registry_symlink) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(ms13_097_ie_registry_symlink) > exploit
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