CVE-2010-3552 is an unspecified vulnerability in the New Java Plug-in component of Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21. The flaw can be remotely exploited through unknown vectors to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (modules/exploits/windows/browser/java_docbase_bof.rb) that exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) browser plugin (before v6 Update 22) on Windows. The exploit works by acting as an HTTP server and serving a malicious HTML page containing an ActiveX object and an embedded Java applet. When a vulnerable client visits the page, the exploit triggers the buffer overflow via the 'docbase' parameter, using a carefully constructed ROP chain based on msvcr71.dll from the JRE installation. The module allows for arbitrary code execution by delivering a customizable Metasploit payload (such as a reverse shell) to the target. The exploit targets browsers on Windows with the vulnerable Java plugin enabled and is associated with CVE-2010-3552. The only file in the repository is a Ruby script, typical for Metasploit modules, and it is fully operational, providing a working exploit for the described vulnerability.
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