module

Freesshd Authentication Bypass

Disclosed
Aug 11, 2010
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability found in FreeSSHd authentication. You just need the username (which defaults to root). The exploit
has been tested with both password and public key authentication.

Authors

Aris
kcope
Daniele Martini [email protected]
Imran E. Dawoodjee imrandawoodjee

Platform

Windows

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 exploit/windows/ssh/freesshd_authbypass
msf exploit(freesshd_authbypass) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(freesshd_authbypass) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(freesshd_authbypass) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(freesshd_authbypass) > exploit

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