module

Citrix ADC (NetScaler) Directory Traversal RCE

Disclosed	Created
Dec 17, 2019	Jan 14, 2020

Disclosed

Dec 17, 2019

Created

Jan 14, 2020

Description

This module exploits a directory traversal in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), aka
NetScaler, and Gateway 10.5, 11.1, 12.0, 12.1, and 13.0, to execute an arbitrary command payload.

Authors

Mikhail Klyuchnikov
Project Zero India
TrustedSec
James Brytan
James Smith
Marisa Mack
Rob Vinson
Sergey Pashevkin
Steven Laura
mekhalleh (RAMELLA Sébastien)

Platform

Python,Unix

Architectures

python, cmd

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

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