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Cool PDF Image Stream Buffer Overflow

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Cool PDF Image Stream Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
01/18/2013
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Cool PDF Reader prior to version 3.0.2.256. The vulnerability is triggered when opening a malformed PDF file that contains a specially crafted image stream. This module has been tested successfully on Cool PDF 3.0.2.256 over Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1.

Author(s)

  • Francis Provencher
  • Chris Gabriel
  • 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/coolpdf_image_stream_bof
msf exploit(coolpdf_image_stream_bof) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(coolpdf_image_stream_bof) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(coolpdf_image_stream_bof) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(coolpdf_image_stream_bof) > exploit

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