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SonicWALL SSL-VPN Format String Vulnerability

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SonicWALL SSL-VPN Format String Vulnerability

Disclosed
05/29/2009
Created
05/30/2018

Description

There is a format string vulnerability within the SonicWALL SSL-VPN Appliance - 200, 2000 and 4000 series. Arbitrary memory can be read or written to, depending on the format string used. There appears to be a length limit of 127 characters of format string data. With physical access to the device and debugging, this module may be able to be used to execute arbitrary code remotely.

Author(s)

  • aushack <patrick@osisecurity.com.au>

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/dos/http/sonicwall_ssl_format
msf auxiliary(sonicwall_ssl_format) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(sonicwall_ssl_format) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(sonicwall_ssl_format) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(sonicwall_ssl_format) > run

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