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McAfee Remediation Client ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
08/04/2008
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in McAfee Remediation Agent 4.5.0.41. When sending an overly long string to the DeleteSnapshot() method of enginecom.dll (3.7.0.9) an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. This control is not marked safe for scripting, so choose your attack vector accordingly.

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

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