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pfSense Restore RRD Data Command Injection

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Disclosed
Mar 18, 2023
Created
Jul 12, 2023

Description

This module exploits an authenticated command injection vulnerabilty in the "restore_rrddata()" function of
pfSense prior to version 2.7.0 which allows an authenticated attacker with the "WebCfg - Diagnostics: Backup & Restore"
privilege to execute arbitrary operating system commands as the "root" user.

This module has been tested successfully on version 2.6.0-RELEASE.

Author

Emir Polat

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