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Linksys WRT54 Access Point apply.cgi Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Sep 13, 2005
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in apply.cgi on the Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS routers.
According to iDefense who discovered this vulnerability, all WRT54G versions prior to
4.20.7 and all WRT54GS version prior to 1.05.2 may be affected.

Authors

Raphael Rigo [email protected]
Julien Tinnes [email protected]

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