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Squash YAML Code Execution

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Disclosed
Aug 6, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in the
YAML request processor of the Squash application.

Author

Charlie Eriksen

Platform

Ruby

Architectures

ruby

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