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Apple QuickTime TeXML Style Element Stack Buffer Overflow

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Apple QuickTime TeXML Style Element Stack Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
05/15/2012
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability found in Apple QuickTime. When handling a TeXML file, it is possible to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, and then gain arbitrary code execution under the context of the user. This is due to the QuickTime3GPP.gtx component not handling certain Style subfields properly, storing user-supplied data on the stack, which results the overflow.

Author(s)

  • Alexander Gavrun
  • sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>
  • 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/fileformat/apple_quicktime_texml
msf exploit(apple_quicktime_texml) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(apple_quicktime_texml) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(apple_quicktime_texml) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(apple_quicktime_texml) > exploit

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