ProFTPD-1.3.3c Backdoor Command Execution
12/02/2010
05/30/2018
Description
This module exploits a malicious backdoor that was added to the ProFTPD download archive. This backdoor was present in the proftpd-1.3.3c.tar.[bz2|gz] archive between November 28th 2010 and 2nd December 2010.
Author(s)
- MC <mc@metasploit.com>
- darkharper2
Platform
Unix
Architectures
cmd
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/unix/ftp/proftpd_133c_backdoor
msf exploit(proftpd_133c_backdoor) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(proftpd_133c_backdoor) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(proftpd_133c_backdoor) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(proftpd_133c_backdoor) > exploit
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