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Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

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Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
05/16/2007
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX Control (ISLAert.dll) provided by Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004. By sending an overly long string to the "Get()" method, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Author(s)

  • MC <mc@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/nis2004_get
msf exploit(nis2004_get) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(nis2004_get) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(nis2004_get) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(nis2004_get) > exploit

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