module

Java Applet JMX Remote Code Execution

Disclosed
Jan 10, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module abuses the JMX classes from a Java Applet to run arbitrary Java
code outside of the sandbox as exploited in the wild in January of 2013. The
vulnerability affects Java version 7u10 and earlier.

Authors

Platform

Java,Linux,OSX,Windows

Architectures

java, x86

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/multi/browser/java_jre17_jmxbean
msf exploit(java_jre17_jmxbean) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(java_jre17_jmxbean) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(java_jre17_jmxbean) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(java_jre17_jmxbean) > exploit

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