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rConfig install Command Execution

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Disclosed
Oct 28, 2019
Created
Nov 7, 2019

Description

This module exploits an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability
in rConfig versions 3.9.2 and prior. The `install` directory is not
automatically removed after installation, allowing unauthenticated users
to execute arbitrary commands via the `ajaxServerSettingsChk.php` file
as the web server user.

This module has been tested successfully on rConfig version 3.9.2 on
CentOS 7.7.1908 (x64).

Authors

mhaskar
bcoles [email protected]

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, x86, 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/webapp/rconfig_install_cmd_exec
    msf exploit(rconfig_install_cmd_exec) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(rconfig_install_cmd_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(rconfig_install_cmd_exec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(rconfig_install_cmd_exec) > exploit
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