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CVE-2010-0480 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the MPEG Layer-3 audio codecs (l3codeca.acm and l3codecx.ax) used in multiple Microsoft Windows versions (2000 SP4, XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold/SP1/SP2, Server 2008 Gold/SP2) and several Nortel and Avaya products. The vulnerability arises from improper validation of the nSamplesPerSec field in the MPEGLAYER3WAVEFORMAT structure when processing malformed AVI files containing MP3 audio. Specifically, the vulnerable function (sub_72CD1EF0 in l3codecx.ax) fails to properly check the number of bytes to be set to zero, allowing an attacker to trigger a stack overflow via a crafted audio file.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module targeting CVE-2010-0480, a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft's MPEG Layer-3 audio codec (l3codecx.ax) when processing specially crafted AVI files. The exploit is delivered via a malicious HTTP server that serves a crafted HTML page and AVI file. When a vulnerable Windows XP SP3 system (with IE6/7/8 and .NET CLR) visits the malicious page, the exploit leverages the Windows Media Player ActiveX control to load the AVI file, triggering the overflow. The exploit uses a .NET DLL memory technique to map and execute arbitrary shellcode on the target. The module is operational, providing code execution on vulnerable systems, and is part of the Metasploit framework. The main file is written in Ruby and implements all logic for serving the exploit files and handling incoming requests.
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