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MS15-134 Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL Information Disclosure

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MS15-134 Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL Information Disclosure

Disclosed
12/08/2015
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability found in Windows Media Center. It allows an MCL file to render itself as an HTML document in the local machine zone by Internet Explorer, which can be used to leak files on the target machine. Please be aware that if this exploit is used against a patched Windows, it can cause the computer to be very slow or unresponsive (100% CPU). It seems to be related to how the exploit uses the URL attribute in order to render itself as an HTML file.

Author(s)

  • Francisco Falcon
  • sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>

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 auxiliary/server/ms15_134_mcl_leak
msf auxiliary(ms15_134_mcl_leak) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(ms15_134_mcl_leak) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(ms15_134_mcl_leak) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(ms15_134_mcl_leak) > run 

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