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GNU Wget FTP Symlink Arbitrary Filesystem Access

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Disclosed
Oct 27, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in Wget when used in
recursive (-r) mode with a FTP server as a destination. A
symlink is used to allow arbitrary writes to the target's
filesystem. To specify content for the file, use the
"file:/path" syntax for the TARGET_DATA option.

Tested successfully with wget 1.14. Versions prior to 1.16
are presumed vulnerable.

Author

hdm [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/server/wget_symlink_file_write
    msf auxiliary(wget_symlink_file_write) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(wget_symlink_file_write) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(wget_symlink_file_write) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(wget_symlink_file_write) > run
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