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Chrome Debugger Arbitrary File Read / Arbitrary Web Request

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Disclosed
Sep 24, 2019
Created
Dec 12, 2019

Description

This module uses the Chrome Debugger's API to read
files off the remote file system, or to make web requests
from a remote machine. Useful for cloud metadata endpoints!

Authors

Adam Baldwin (Evilpacket)
Nicholas Starke (The King Pig Demon)

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/gather/chrome_debugger
    msf auxiliary(chrome_debugger) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(chrome_debugger) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(chrome_debugger) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(chrome_debugger) > run
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