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Green Dam URL Processing Buffer Overflow

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Green Dam URL Processing Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
06/11/2009
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Green Dam Youth Escort version 3.17 in the way it handles overly long URLs. By setting an overly long URL, an attacker can overrun a buffer and execute arbitrary code. This module uses the .NET DLL memory technique by Alexander Sotirov and Mark Dowd and should bypass DEP, NX and ASLR.

Author(s)

  • Trancer <mtrancer@gmail.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/greendam_url
msf exploit(greendam_url) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(greendam_url) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(greendam_url) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(greendam_url) > exploit

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