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Webmin /file/show.cgi Remote Command Execution

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Disclosed
Sep 6, 2012
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits an arbitrary command execution vulnerability in Webmin
1.580. The vulnerability exists in the /file/show.cgi component and allows an
authenticated user, with access to the File Manager Module, to execute arbitrary
commands with root privileges. The module has been tested successfully with Webmin
1.580 over Ubuntu 10.04.

Authors

Unknown
juan vazquez [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/webmin_show_cgi_exec
    msf exploit(webmin_show_cgi_exec) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(webmin_show_cgi_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(webmin_show_cgi_exec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(webmin_show_cgi_exec) > exploit
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