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CUPS Filter Bash Environment Variable Code Injection (Shellshock)

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Disclosed
Sep 24, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits the Shellshock vulnerability, a flaw in how the Bash shell
handles external environment variables. This module targets CUPS filters through
the PRINTER_INFO and PRINTER_LOCATION variables. A valid username and password is
required to exploit this vulnerability through CUPS.

Authors

Stephane Chazelas
lcamtuf
bcoles [email protected]

Platform

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