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Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform unauthenticated file upload to RCE (CVE-2021-1499)

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Disclosed
May 5, 2021
Created
Jun 18, 2021

Description

This module exploits an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability in
Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform's /upload endpoint to upload and
execute a payload as the Tomcat user.

Authors

Nikita Abramov
Mikhail Klyuchnikov
wvu [email protected]
jheysel-r7

Platform

Java,Linux

Architectures

java, x86, x64

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 exploit/linux/http/cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce
    msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce) > exploit
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