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Cain and Abel RDP Buffer Overflow

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Cain and Abel RDP Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
11/30/2008
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Cain & Abel v4.9.24 and below. An attacker must send the file to victim, and the victim must open the specially crafted RDP file under Tools -> Remote Desktop Password Decoder.

Author(s)

  • Trancek <trancek@yashira.org>

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/fileformat/cain_abel_4918_rdp
msf exploit(cain_abel_4918_rdp) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(cain_abel_4918_rdp) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(cain_abel_4918_rdp) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(cain_abel_4918_rdp) > exploit

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