module

D-Link hedwig.cgi Buffer Overflow in Cookie Header

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Disclosed
2013-02-08
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits an anonymous remote code execution vulnerability on several D-Link
routers. The vulnerability exists in the handling of HTTP queries to the hedwig.cgi with
long value cookies. This module has been tested successfully on D-Link DIR300v2.14, DIR600
and the DIR645A1_FW103B11 firmware.

Authors

Roberto Paleari
Craig Heffner
Michael Messner devnull@s3cur1ty.de

Platform

Linux

Architectures

mipsle

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