module

Webmin Package Updates Remote Command Execution

Disclosed
May 16, 2019
Created
Jun 26, 2019

Description

This module exploits an arbitrary command execution vulnerability in Webmin
1.910 and lower versions. Any user authorized to the "Package Updates"
module can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Author

AkkuS Özkan Mustafa Akkuş

Platform

Unix

Architectures

cmd

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

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