HP-UX LPD Command Execution
Description
This exploit abuses an unpublished vulnerability in the HP-UX LPD service. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the root user. The LPD service is only exploitable when the address of the attacking system can be resolved by the target. This vulnerability was silently patched with the buffer overflow flaws addressed in HP Security Bulletin HPSBUX0208-213.
Author(s)
- hdm <x@hdm.io>
Platform
HPUX,Unix
Architectures
cmd
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 exploit/hpux/lpd/cleanup_exec
msf exploit(cleanup_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(cleanup_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(cleanup_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(cleanup_exec) > exploit
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