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VMware vCenter Server Unauthenticated OVA File Upload RCE

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Disclosed
2021-02-23
Created
2021-03-08

Description

This module exploits an unauthenticated OVA file upload and path
traversal in VMware vCenter Server to write a JSP payload to a
web-accessible directory.

Fixed versions are 6.5 Update 3n, 6.7 Update 3l, and 7.0 Update 1c.
Note that later vulnerable versions of the Linux appliance aren't
exploitable via the webshell technique. Furthermore, writing an SSH
public key to /home/vsphere-ui/.ssh/authorized_keys works, but the
user's non-existent password expires 90 days after install, rendering
the technique nearly useless against production environments.

You'll have the best luck targeting older versions of the Linux
appliance. The Windows target should work ubiquitously.

Authors

Mikhail Klyuchnikov
wvu wvu@metasploit.com
mr_me
Viss

Platform

Linux,Windows

Architectures

java

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