PostgreSQL for Linux Payload Execution
Description
On some default Linux installations of PostgreSQL, the postgres service account may write to the /tmp directory, and may source UDF Shared Libraries from there as well, allowing execution of arbitrary code. This module compiles a Linux shared object file, uploads it to the target host via the UPDATE pg_largeobject method of binary injection, and creates a UDF (user defined function) from that shared object. Because the payload is run as the shared object's constructor, it does not need to conform to specific Postgres API versions.
Author(s)
- midnitesnake
- egypt <egypt@metasploit.com>
- todb <todb@metasploit.com>
- lucipher
Platform
Linux
Development
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/postgres/postgres_payload
msf exploit(postgres_payload) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(postgres_payload) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(postgres_payload) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(postgres_payload) > exploit
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