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CVE-2013-5045 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 that allows local users to bypass the Protected Mode sandbox. By leveraging the ability to execute sandboxed code, an attacker can escape the intended security boundaries and gain higher privileges on the system.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module: 'ms13_097_ie_registry_symlink.rb', which exploits CVE-2013-5045, a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8-11's Enhanced Protected Mode sandbox. The exploit leverages a flaw in the IESetProtectedModeRegKeyOnly function of ieframe.dll, using registry symlinks to force IE to write policy entries to user-influenced registry keys, thereby escaping the sandbox and achieving code execution with medium integrity. The module is designed to be run from a Meterpreter session within a low integrity IE process. It sets up environment variables, loads a custom DLL (CVE-2013-5045.dll) into the target, and serves a crafted HTML file via an embedded HTTP server. The payload is delivered via a PowerShell command, allowing for arbitrary code execution. The exploit targets Windows systems running Internet Explorer 8-11 and is operational in maturity, providing a working sandbox escape and privilege elevation mechanism.
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