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CVE-2010-10015 affects AOL versions up to and including 9.5. The vulnerable component is the Phobos.dll ActiveX control, which exposes an Import() method through the Phobos.Playlist COM object. The Import() method does not safely handle an excessively long string argument, resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. Successful exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution in the security context of the current user. Based on the provided information, exploitation is constrained by the fact that the control is not marked safe for scripting or initialization, so the attack requires a malicious HTML file to be opened locally rather than being directly scriptable from a remote web page in the usual Internet Explorer ActiveX model.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (aol_phobos_bof.rb) that exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Phobos.Playlist ActiveX control (Phobos.dll) used by AOL 9.5. The exploit targets systems running AOL 9.5 (Revision 4337.155) with Phobos.dll version 9.5.0.1 on Windows XP SP3 with Internet Explorer 7. The module generates a malicious HTML file (default name: msf.html) containing JavaScript that instantiates the vulnerable ActiveX control and triggers the Import() method with an overly long argument, causing a buffer overflow and allowing arbitrary code execution. The payload is customizable via the Metasploit framework and is delivered as shellcode encoded in JavaScript. Exploitation requires the victim to open the malicious HTML file locally, as the ActiveX control is not marked safe for scripting or initialization. The module references CVE-2010-10015 and includes relevant metadata and configuration options. No network endpoints are involved; the attack vector is local file execution.
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