Description
This module exploits an authentication bypass and command injection in SaltStack Salt's REST API to execute commands as the root user.
The following versions have received a patch: 2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.6, 2016.11.10, 2017.7.4, 2017.7.8, 2018.3.5, 2019.2.5, 2019.2.6, 3000.3, 3000.4, 3001.1, 3001.2, and 3002.
Tested against 2019.2.3 from Vulhub and 3002 on Ubuntu 20.04.1.
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/saltstack/salt_api_cmd_execmsf undefined(salt_api_cmd_exec) > show actions ...actions...msf undefined(salt_api_cmd_exec) > set ACTION < action-name >msf undefined(salt_api_cmd_exec) > show options ...show and set options...msf undefined(salt_api_cmd_exec) > runPrioritise with Active Threat Intelligence
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