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Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Command Execution

Disclosed
May 5, 2021
Created
Jun 4, 2021

Description

This module exploits an unauthenticated command injection in Cisco
HyperFlex HX Data Platform's /storfs-asup endpoint to execute shell
commands as the Tomcat user.

Authors

Nikita Abramov
Mikhail Klyuchnikov
wvu [email protected]

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, x86, x64

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_hx_data_platform_cmd_exec
msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_hx_data_platform_cmd_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_hx_data_platform_cmd_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_hx_data_platform_cmd_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_hx_data_platform_cmd_exec) > exploit

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