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D-Link User-Agent Backdoor Scanner

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Disclosed
Oct 12, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module attempts to find D-Link devices running Alphanetworks web interfaces affected
by the backdoor found on the User-Agent header. This module has been tested successfully
on a DIR-100 device with firmware version v1.13.

Authors

Craig Heffner
Michael Messner [email protected]
juan vazquez [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/scanner/http/dlink_user_agent_backdoor
    msf auxiliary(dlink_user_agent_backdoor) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(dlink_user_agent_backdoor) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(dlink_user_agent_backdoor) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(dlink_user_agent_backdoor) > run
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