Last updated at Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:50:17 GMT

Time to chalk up one more victory for the forces of goodness and light in our struggle against secret 0-day.

Java 0-Day Exploit Shipped

If you pay any attention at all to the usual security news, you will have certainly already heard about how Accuvant's Josh "jduck" Drake and the Metasploit dev community pounced on the Java 0-Day, aka CVE-2012-4681, aka the Java 7 Applet RCE vulnerability. We shipped this module earlier this week by updating last week's update, mainly so Metasploit Community and Pro users could start testing right away. Of course, it's in this week's normal update as well, and in fact, this version has a much more current description of the bug in light of the ongoing research performed here over the days that followed our initial release.

In a moment of foreshadowing, it was last week's blog post where I mentioned that "not everyone can scoop up samples of current malware," when explaining Metasploit's position on offensive security testing. I think this Java exploit is a perfect case in point. If it wasn't for jduck's inspired detective work, followed up by the R&D work in the Metasploit community that lead to this module, we might still be wondering what FireEye was talking about in their cryptic blog post. In other words, this experience just reaffirms to me that open and public exploits beat out secret and private warez kits every time. Today, we all know about the problem, we can all work toward solutions, and in the end, we can shut down this vector months ahead of anyone's schedule.

You can check your exposure to this vulnerability right this moment by either downloading Metasploit or checking in on our detection site, IsJavaExploitable.com.

Update: Oracle has released Java 7u7 which appears effective against CVE-2012-4681. We're looking at it today to see if there's a bypass.

Meterpreter Arp and Netstat

In addition to the hoopla around Java, this release also includes two new commands for Meterpreter: netstat and arp. Both are similar to the Unix commands of the same name, providing information about current networking goings on. This kind of thing can be invaluable for figuring out the role of the current machine and for discovering new targets. Thanks to community contributor mephos for sending in the patch.

New Modules

Here are the new modules -- for details and usage, follow the links to our Exploit Database.

Exploit modules

Availability

If you're new to Metasploit, you can get started by downloading Metasploit for Linux or Windows. If you're already tracking the bleeding-edge of Metasploit development, then these modules are but an msfupdate command away. For readers who prefer the packaged updates for Metasploit Community and Metasploit Pro, you'll be able to install the new hotness today when you check for updates through the Software Updates menu under Administration.

For additional details on what's changed and what's current, please see the most excellent release notes.