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Haserl Arbitrary File Reader

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
Apr 9, 2021

Description

This module exploits haserl prior to 0.9.36 to read arbitrary files.
The most widely accepted exploitation vector is reading /etc/shadow,
which will reveal root's hash for cracking.

Authors

Julien (jvoisin) Voisin
Ike Broflovski

Platform

Linux

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 post/linux/gather/haserl_read
    msf post(haserl_read) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(haserl_read) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(haserl_read) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(haserl_read) > run
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