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MS09-072 Microsoft Internet Explorer Style getElementsByTagName Memory Corruption

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MS09-072 Microsoft Internet Explorer Style getElementsByTagName Memory Corruption

Disclosed
11/20/2009
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in the getElementsByTagName function as implemented within Internet Explorer.

Author(s)

  • securitylab.ir <K4mr4n_st@yahoo.com>
  • jduck <jduck@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/ms09_072_style_object
msf exploit(ms09_072_style_object) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(ms09_072_style_object) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms09_072_style_object) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms09_072_style_object) > exploit

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