This creates a local user with a username/password and root-level privileges. Note that a root-level account is not required to do this, which makes it a privilege escalation issue. Note that this is pretty noisy, since it creates a user account and creates log files and such. Additionally, most (if not all) vulnerabilities in F5 grant root access anyways. Adapted from https://github.com/rbowes-r7/refreshing-mcp-tool/blob/main/mcp-privesc.rb
Linux,Python,Unix
cmd, python
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/local/f5_create_user
msf exploit(f5_create_user) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(f5_create_user) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(f5_create_user) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(f5_create_user) > exploit
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