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mIRC IRC URL Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Oct 13, 2003
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in mIRC 6.1. By
submitting an overly long and specially crafted URL to
the 'irc' protocol, an attacker can overwrite the buffer
and control program execution.

Author

MC [email protected]

Platform

Windows

References

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