module

ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus CVE-2021-40539

Disclosed	Created
Sep 7, 2021	Nov 25, 2021

Disclosed

Sep 7, 2021

Created

Nov 25, 2021

Description

This module exploits CVE-2021-40539, a REST API authentication bypass
vulnerability in ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus, to upload a JAR and
execute it as the user running ADSelfService Plus - which is SYSTEM if
started as a service.

Authors

Antoine Cervoise
Wilfried Bécard
mr_me
wvu [email protected]

Platform

Java

Architectures

java

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/windows/http/manageengine_adselfservice_plus_cve_2021_40539
    msf exploit(manageengine_adselfservice_plus_cve_2021_40539) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(manageengine_adselfservice_plus_cve_2021_40539) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(manageengine_adselfservice_plus_cve_2021_40539) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(manageengine_adselfservice_plus_cve_2021_40539) > exploit

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