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SonicWALL SSL-VPN Format String Vulnerability

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Disclosed
May 29, 2009
Created
May 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

aushack [email protected]

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/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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