module

Linksys E-Series TheMoon Remote Command Injection

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Disclosed
Feb 13, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

Some Linksys E-Series Routers are vulnerable to an unauthenticated OS command
injection. This vulnerability was used from the so-called "TheMoon" worm. There
are many Linksys systems that are potentially vulnerable, including E4200, E3200, E3000,
E2500, E2100L, E2000, E1550, E1500, E1200, E1000, and E900. This module was tested
successfully against an E1500 v1.0.5.

Authors

Johannes Ullrich
Rew
infodox
Michael Messner [email protected]
juan vazquez [email protected]

Platform

Linux

Architectures

mipsle, mipsbe

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