module

QNX qconn Command Execution

Disclosed
Sep 4, 2012
Created
Mar 19, 2019

Description

This module uses the qconn daemon on QNX systems to gain a shell.

The QNX qconn daemon does not require authentication and allows
remote users to execute arbitrary operating system commands.

This module has been tested successfully on QNX Neutrino 6.5.0 (x86)
and 6.5.0 SP1 (x86).

Authors

David Odell
Mor!p3r
bcoles [email protected]

Platform

Unix

Architectures

cmd

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

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