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Apache 2.4.49/2.4.50 Traversal RCE

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Disclosed
May 10, 2021
Created
Oct 28, 2021

Description

This module exploit an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability which exists in Apache version 2.4.49 (CVE-2021-41773).
If files outside of the document root are not protected by 'require all denied' and CGI has been explicitly enabled,
it can be used to execute arbitrary commands (Remote Command Execution).
This vulnerability has been reintroduced in Apache 2.4.50 fix (CVE-2021-42013).

Authors

Ash Daulton
Dhiraj Mishra
mekhalleh (RAMELLA Sébastien)

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

x64, x86, 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/multi/http/apache_normalize_path_rce
    msf exploit(apache_normalize_path_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(apache_normalize_path_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(apache_normalize_path_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(apache_normalize_path_rce) > exploit
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