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CVE-2015-2426 is a buffer underflow vulnerability in atmfd.dll, the Windows Adobe Type Manager Font Driver used by Microsoft Windows to process OpenType fonts. The flaw affects supported versions including Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, and Windows RT and RT 8.1. An attacker can trigger the vulnerability by supplying a crafted OpenType font that is parsed by the vulnerable driver. Successful exploitation can corrupt memory in kernel-mode font handling and lead to arbitrary code execution.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (ms15_078_atmfd_bof.rb) that exploits a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Adobe Type Manager Font Driver (atmfd.dll), as described in CVE-2015-2426 and CVE-2015-2433. The exploit targets specific vulnerable builds of Windows 8.1 x64 by triggering a pool-based buffer overflow in the atmfd.dll driver via a malformed font. The module is designed to be run from a Meterpreter session and attempts to launch a new process (notepad.exe) to host the exploit DLL, which is reflectively injected. After successful exploitation, a customizable Meterpreter payload is injected and executed with SYSTEM privileges, granting the attacker full control over the target system. The module references several kernel components (win32k.sys, ntoskrnl.exe) and uses hardcoded offsets for different Windows versions. The structure is typical for a Metasploit local exploit module, with clear separation of initialization, version/offset handling, DLL patching, and payload injection logic. No network endpoints are present; all actions are performed locally on the compromised host.
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A Windows local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability disclosed via the 2015 Hacking Team leak.
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows OpenType manager module (ATMFD.dll) used by Carbanak malware to gain system privileges and install itself as a service.
An OpenType Font Driver vulnerability mentioned in references as related context for leaked exploit code; no further discussion is provided in the main content.
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