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F5 BIG-IP TMUI Directory Traversal and File Upload RCE

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Disclosed
Jun 30, 2020
Created
Jul 8, 2020

Description

This module exploits a directory traversal in F5's BIG-IP Traffic
Management User Interface (TMUI) to upload a shell script and execute
it as the Unix root user.

Unix shell access is obtained by escaping the restricted Traffic
Management Shell (TMSH). The escape may not be reliable, and you may
have to run the exploit multiple times. Sorry!

Versions 11.6.1-11.6.5, 12.1.0-12.1.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2,
15.0.0, and 15.1.0 are known to be vulnerable. Fixes were introduced
in 11.6.5.2, 12.1.5.2, 13.1.3.4, 14.1.2.6, and 15.1.0.4.

Tested against the VMware OVA release of 14.1.2.

Authors

Mikhail Klyuchnikov
wvu [email protected]

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, 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/f5_bigip_tmui_rce
    msf exploit(f5_bigip_tmui_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(f5_bigip_tmui_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(f5_bigip_tmui_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(f5_bigip_tmui_rce) > exploit
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