Rapid7

module

IBM Cognos tm1admsd.exe Overflow

Disclosed
Apr 2, 2012
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in IBM Cognos Analytic Server
Admin service. The vulnerability exists in the tm1admsd.exe component, due to a
dangerous copy of user controlled data to the stack, via memcpy, without validating
the supplied length and data. The module has been tested successfully on IBM Cognos
Express 9.5 over Windows XP SP3.

Authors

Unknown
juan vazquez [email protected]

Platform

Windows

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/ibm_cognos_tm1admsd_bof
msf exploit(ibm_cognos_tm1admsd_bof) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(ibm_cognos_tm1admsd_bof) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ibm_cognos_tm1admsd_bof) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(ibm_cognos_tm1admsd_bof) > exploit

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