Documalis Free PDF Editor version 5.7.2.26 and Documalis Free PDF Scanner version 5.7.2.122 do not appropriately validate the contents of JPEG images contained within a PDF. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a buffer overflow on the stack and gain remote code execution as the user running the Documalis Free PDF Editor or Documalis Free PDF Scanner software.
Windows
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/documalis_pdf_editor_and_scanner
msf exploit(documalis_pdf_editor_and_scanner) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(documalis_pdf_editor_and_scanner) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(documalis_pdf_editor_and_scanner) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(documalis_pdf_editor_and_scanner) > exploit
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