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Zyxel IKE Packet Decoder Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

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Disclosed
Mar 31, 2023
Created
Jun 9, 2023

Description

This module exploits a remote unauthenticated command injection vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange
(IKE) packet decoder over UDP port 500 on the WAN interface of several Zyxel devices. The affected devices are
as follows: ATP (Firmware version 4.60 to 5.35 inclusive), USG FLEX (Firmware version 4.60 to 5.35 inclusive),
VPN (Firmware version 4.60 to 5.35 inclusive), and ZyWALL/USG (Firmware version 4.60 to 4.73 inclusive). The
affected devices are vulnerable in a default configuration and command execution is with root privileges.

Author

sf [email protected]

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd

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/misc/zyxel_ike_decoder_rce_cve_2023_28771
    msf exploit(zyxel_ike_decoder_rce_cve_2023_28771) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(zyxel_ike_decoder_rce_cve_2023_28771) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(zyxel_ike_decoder_rce_cve_2023_28771) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(zyxel_ike_decoder_rce_cve_2023_28771) > exploit
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