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Windows EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec Local Privilege Escalation

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Disclosed
May 15, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability on EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec due to the usage
of uninitialized data which allows to corrupt memory. At the moment, the module has
been tested successfully on Windows XP SP3, Windows 2003 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1.

Authors

Tavis Ormandy [email protected]
progmboy [email protected]
Keebie4e
egypt [email protected]
sinn3r [email protected]
Ben Campbell [email protected]
juan vazquez [email protected]
OJ Reeves

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

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