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MS15-004 Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Web Proxy IE Sandbox Escape

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MS15-004 Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Web Proxy IE Sandbox Escape

Disclosed
01/13/2015
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module abuses a process creation policy in Internet Explorer's sandbox; specifically, Microsoft's RemoteApp and Desktop Connections runtime proxy, TSWbPrxy.exe. This vulnerability allows the attacker to escape the Protected Mode and execute code with Medium Integrity. At the moment, this module only bypass Protected Mode on Windows 7 SP1 and prior (32 bits). This module has been tested successfully on Windows 7 SP1 (32 bits) with IE 8 and IE 11.

Author(s)

  • Unknown
  • Henry Li
  • juan vazquez <juan.vazquez@metasploit.com>

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

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/local/ms15_004_tswbproxy
msf exploit(ms15_004_tswbproxy) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(ms15_004_tswbproxy) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms15_004_tswbproxy) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms15_004_tswbproxy) > exploit

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