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SolarWinds LEM Default SSH Password Remote Code Execution

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Disclosed
Mar 17, 2017
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits the default credentials of SolarWinds LEM. A menu system is encountered when the SSH
service is accessed with the default username and password which is "cmc" and "password". By exploiting a
vulnerability that exist on the menuing script, an attacker can escape from restricted shell.

This module was tested against SolarWinds LEM v6.3.1.

Author

Mehmet Ince [email protected]

Platform

Python

Architectures

python

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