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GIMP script-fu Server Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
May 18, 2012
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in the script-fu server
component on GIMP attacker may be able to achieve remote code execution under the context
of the user.

This module has been tested on GIMP for Windows from installers
provided by Jernej Simoncic.

Authors

Joseph Sheridan
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/misc/gimp_script_fu
    msf exploit(gimp_script_fu) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(gimp_script_fu) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(gimp_script_fu) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(gimp_script_fu) > exploit
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