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Commvault Communications Service (cvd) Command Injection

This module exploits a command injection vulnerability discovered in Commvault Service v11 SP5 and earlier versions (tested in v11 SP5 and v10). The vulnerability exists in the cvd.exe service and allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the service. By default, the Commvault Communications service installs and runs as SYSTEM in Windows and does not require authentication. This vulnerability was discovered in the Windows version. The Linux version wasn't tested.

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Module Name

exploit/windows/misc/commvault_cmd_exec

Authors

b0yd

References

URL: https://www.securifera.com/advisories/sec-2017-0001/

Targets

Commvault Communications Service (cvd) / Microsoft Windows 7 and higher

Platforms

windows

Architectures

x64, x86

Reliability

Good

Development

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

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