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IPFire 2.25 Core Update 156 and Prior pakfire.cgi Authenticated RCE

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Disclosed
May 17, 2021
Created
Jun 15, 2021

Description

This module exploits an authenticated command injection vulnerability in the
/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi web page of IPFire devices running versions 2.25 Core Update 156
and prior to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

Authors

Mücahit Saratar [email protected]
Grant Willcox

Platform

Python

Architectures

python

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