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ASUS Net4Switch ipswcom.dll ActiveX Stack Buffer Overflow

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ASUS Net4Switch ipswcom.dll ActiveX Stack Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
02/17/2012
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability found in ASUS Net4Switch's ipswcom.dll ActiveX control. A buffer overflow condition is possible in multiple places due to the use of the CxDbgPrint() function, which allows remote attackers to gain arbitrary code execution under the context of the user.

Author(s)

  • Dmitriy Evdokimov
  • 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/asus_net4switch_ipswcom
msf exploit(asus_net4switch_ipswcom) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(asus_net4switch_ipswcom) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(asus_net4switch_ipswcom) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(asus_net4switch_ipswcom) > exploit

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