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HP iLO 4 1.00-2.50 Authentication Bypass Administrator Account Creation

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HP iLO 4 1.00-2.50 Authentication Bypass Administrator Account Creation

Disclosed
08/24/2017
Created
06/14/2018

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(s)

  • Fabien Perigaud <fabien.perigaud@synacktiv[dot]com>

Development

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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