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Icona SpA C6 Messenger DownloaderActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute

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Icona SpA C6 Messenger DownloaderActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute

Disclosed
06/03/2008
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in Icona SpA C6 Messenger 1.0.0.1. The vulnerability is in the DownloaderActiveX Control (DownloaderActiveX.ocx). The insecure control can be abused to download and execute arbitrary files in the context of the currently logged-on user.

Author(s)

  • Unknown
  • juan vazquez <juan.vazquez@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/c6_messenger_downloaderactivex
msf exploit(c6_messenger_downloaderactivex) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(c6_messenger_downloaderactivex) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(c6_messenger_downloaderactivex) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(c6_messenger_downloaderactivex) > exploit

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