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Webmin edit_html.cgi file Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

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Disclosed
2012-09-06
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits a directory traversal in Webmin 1.580. The vulnerability
exists in the edit_html.cgi component and allows an authenticated user with access
to the File Manager Module to access arbitrary files with root privileges. The
module has been tested successfully with Webmin 1.580 over Ubuntu 10.04.

Authors

Unknown
juan vazquez juan.vazquez@metasploit.com

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