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Mac OS X mDNSResponder UPnP Location Overflow

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Mac OS X mDNSResponder UPnP Location Overflow

Disclosed
05/25/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow that occurs when processing specially crafted requests set to mDNSResponder. All Mac OS X systems between version 10.4 and 10.4.9 (without the 2007-005 patch) are affected.

Author(s)

  • ddz <ddz@theta44.org>

Platform

OSX

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

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