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Pi-Hole DHCP MAC OS Command Execution

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Pi-Hole DHCP MAC OS Command Execution

Disclosed
03/28/2020
Created
05/29/2020

Description

This exploits a command execution in Pi-Hole <= 4.3.2. A new DHCP static lease is added with a MAC address which includes an RCE. Exploitation requires /opt/pihole to be first in the $PATH due to exploitation constraints. DHCP server is not required to be running.

Author(s)

  • h00die
  • François Renaud-Philippon <nate@nate.red>

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

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