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Apple QuickTime 7.7.2 MIME Type Buffer Overflow

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Apple QuickTime 7.7.2 MIME Type Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
11/07/2012
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime 7.7.2. The stack based overflow occurs when processing a malformed Content-Type header. The module has been tested successfully on Safari 5.1.7 and 5.0.7 on Windows XP SP3.

Author(s)

  • Pavel Polischouk
  • juan vazquez <juan.vazquez@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/browser/apple_quicktime_mime_type
msf exploit(apple_quicktime_mime_type) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(apple_quicktime_mime_type) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(apple_quicktime_mime_type) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(apple_quicktime_mime_type) > exploit

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