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F5 BIG-IP iControl RCE via REST Authentication Bypass

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Disclosed
May 4, 2022
Created
May 12, 2022

Description

This module exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability
in the F5 BIG-IP iControl REST service to gain access to the
admin account, which is capable of executing commands
through the /mgmt/tm/util/bash endpoint.

Successful exploitation results in remote code execution
as the root user.

Authors

Heyder Andrade
alt3kx [email protected]
James Horseman
Ron Bowes

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_icontrol_rce
    msf exploit(f5_icontrol_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(f5_icontrol_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(f5_icontrol_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(f5_icontrol_rce) > exploit
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