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pfSense Diag Routes Web Shell Upload

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Disclosed
Feb 23, 2022
Created
Mar 4, 2022

Description

This module exploits an arbitrary file creation vulnerability in the pfSense
HTTP interface (CVE-2021-41282). The vulnerability affects versions
and can be exploited by an authenticated user if they have the
"WebCfg - Diagnostics: Routing tables" privilege.

This module uses the vulnerability to create a web shell and execute payloads
with root privileges.

Authors

Abdel Adim "smaury" Oisfi of Shielder
jbaines-r7

Platform

BSD,Unix

Architectures

cmd, x64

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_diag_routes_webshell
    msf exploit(pfsense_diag_routes_webshell) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(pfsense_diag_routes_webshell) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(pfsense_diag_routes_webshell) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(pfsense_diag_routes_webshell) > exploit
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