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VUPlayer M3U Buffer Overflow

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VUPlayer M3U Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
08/18/2009
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack over flow in VUPlayer <= 2.49. When the application is used to open a specially crafted m3u file, an buffer is overwritten allowing for the execution of 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/fileformat/vuplayer_m3u
msf exploit(vuplayer_m3u) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(vuplayer_m3u) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(vuplayer_m3u) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(vuplayer_m3u) > exploit

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