module

MS15-078 Microsoft Windows Font Driver Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
Jul 11, 2015
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a pool based buffer overflow in the atmfd.dll driver when parsing
a malformed font. The vulnerability was exploited by the hacking team and disclosed in
the July data leak. This module has been tested successfully on vulnerable builds of
Windows 8.1 x64.

Authors

Eugene Ching
Mateusz Jurczyk
Cedric Halbronn
juan vazquez [email protected]

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x64

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/ms15_078_atmfd_bof
msf exploit(ms15_078_atmfd_bof) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(ms15_078_atmfd_bof) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms15_078_atmfd_bof) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms15_078_atmfd_bof) > exploit

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