module

Metasploit Libnotify Plugin Arbitrary Command Execution

Disclosed	Created
Mar 4, 2020	Apr 17, 2020

Disclosed

Mar 4, 2020

Created

Apr 17, 2020

Description

This module exploits a shell command injection vulnerability in the
libnotify plugin. This vulnerability affects Metasploit versions
5.0.79 and earlier.

Author

pasta [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/unix/fileformat/metasploit_libnotify_cmd_injection
    msf exploit(metasploit_libnotify_cmd_injection) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(metasploit_libnotify_cmd_injection) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(metasploit_libnotify_cmd_injection) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(metasploit_libnotify_cmd_injection) > exploit

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