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pfSense Restore RRD Data Command Injection

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pfSense Restore RRD Data Command Injection

Disclosed
03/18/2023
Created
07/12/2023

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(s)

  • Emir Polat

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/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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