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CVE-2005-4560 is a critical input validation vulnerability in the Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, XP, and in Wine up to version 1.12. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of Windows Metafile (WMF) images containing a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call. When such a WMF file is processed, arbitrary code can be executed in the context of the user, due to the ability of the SETABORTPROC escape to invoke a function pointer from the file. The vulnerability is also present in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL) and the Wine WMF handler (metafile.c).
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module: 'ms06_001_wmf_setabortproc.rb', which exploits the Windows Metafile (WMF) SetAbortProc vulnerability (CVE-2005-4560) affecting Windows XP, 2003, and Vista. The module acts as an HTTP server, generating and serving a malicious WMF file to clients. When a vulnerable system processes this file (typically by visiting a malicious web page), the exploit leverages the Escape() metafile function and SetAbortProc procedure to execute arbitrary code. The payload is customizable via Metasploit and is delivered as part of the WMF file. The module is operational and can be used to achieve remote code execution on affected systems. The code is written in Ruby and is structured as a standard Metasploit exploit module, with the main entry point being the 'on_request_uri' method, which handles HTTP requests and serves the exploit payload.
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