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Linksys WRT160nv2 apply.cgi Remote Command Injection

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Disclosed
Feb 11, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

Some Linksys Routers are vulnerable to an authenticated OS command injection on
their web interface where default credentials are admin/admin or admin/password.
Since it is a blind OS command injection vulnerability, there is no output for the
executed command when using the cmd generic payload. This module has been tested on
a Linksys WRT160n version 2 - firmware version v2.0.03. A ping command against a
controlled system could be used for testing purposes. The exploit uses the tftp
client from the device to stage to native payloads from the command injection.

Authors

Michael Messner [email protected]
juan vazquez [email protected]

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, 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_wrt160nv2_apply_exec
    msf exploit(linksys_wrt160nv2_apply_exec) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(linksys_wrt160nv2_apply_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(linksys_wrt160nv2_apply_exec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(linksys_wrt160nv2_apply_exec) > exploit
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