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Generic Web Application Unix Command Execution

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Disclosed
Nov 14, 1993
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module can be used to exploit any generic command execution vulnerability
for CGI applications on Unix-like platforms. To use this module, specify the
CMDURI path, replacing the command itself with XXcmdXX. This module is currently
limited to forms vulnerable through GET requests with query parameters.

Author

hdm [email protected]

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