PHP CGI Argument Injection
Description
When run as a CGI, PHP up to version 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 is vulnerable to an argument injection vulnerability. This module takes advantage of the -d flag to set php.ini directives to achieve code execution. From the advisory: "if there is NO unescaped '=' in the query string, the string is split on '+' (encoded space) characters, urldecoded, passed to a function that escapes shell metacharacters (the "encoded in a system-defined manner" from the RFC) and then passes them to the CGI binary." This module can also be used to exploit the plesk 0day disclosed by kingcope and exploited in the wild on June 2013.
Author(s)
- egypt <egypt@metasploit.com>
- hdm <x@hdm.io>
- jjarmoc
- kingcope
- juan vazquez <juan.vazquez@metasploit.com>
Platform
PHP
Architectures
php
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/multi/http/php_cgi_arg_injection
msf exploit(php_cgi_arg_injection) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(php_cgi_arg_injection) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(php_cgi_arg_injection) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(php_cgi_arg_injection) > exploit
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