Posts tagged Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

3 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup: 8/31/18

VPN to root The Network Manager VPNC Username Privilege Escalation [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10482] module by bcoles [https://github.com/bcoles] exploits a privilege escalation attack in the Network Manager VPNC plugin configuration data (CVE-2018-10900) to gain root privileges. Network Manager VPNC versions prior to 1.2.6 are vulnerable and the module has been successfully tested against 1.2.4-4 on Debian 9.0.0 (x64) and 1.1.93-1 on Ubuntu Linux 16.04.4 (x64). The e

1 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup: 8/24/18

ssh_enumusers Gets An Update wvu integrated the malformed packet technique [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15473] into the ssh_enumusers module originally written by kenkeiras [https://github.com/kenkeiras]. This module allows an attacker to guess the user accounts on an OpenSSH server on versions up to 7.7, allowing the module to work on more versions than before. GSoC Wraps Up As Google Summer of Code finished up, Framework received an array of new and exciting features. WangYihang

3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrapup: 8/17/18

We had a great time meeting everyone at the various Metasploit events at hacker summer camp last week, including two popup capture the flag events with Metasploitable3, the Open Source Security Meetup and selling Metasploit 0xf Anniversary Tour.

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup 8/10/18

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself Even if you're a pro sleuth who can sniff out a vulnerability on even the most hardened of networks, it's always nice to be have some added validation that your attack is going to be successful. That's why it's always valuable to have a solid "check" method available to verify that you're barking up the right tree. This week bcoles [https://github.com/bcoles] upgraded the UAC check for Windows [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10419] to

3 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup 8/3/18

Meterpreter on Axis Everyone loves shells, but Meterpreter sessions are always better. Thanks to William Vu, the axis_srv_parhand_rce [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10409] module is now capable of giving you a Meterpreter session instead of a regular shell with netcat. DLL Injection for POP/MOV SS Another awesome improvement is Brendan Watters' work on the POP/MOV SS exploit [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10387] against Windows (CVE-2018-8897), also k

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup: 7/27/18

CMS Exploitation Made Simple "CMS Made Simple" is an open-source Content Management System. Mustafa Hasen discovered and reported [http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/bug/view/11741] that versions 2.2.5 and 2.2.7 include a vulnerability in file uploads that permit an authenticated attacker to gain execution of arbitrary PHP scripts. The multi/http/cmsms_upload_rename_rce [https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/cmsms_upload_rename_rce] exploit module uses our PHP Meterpreter to gain full

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup: 7/20/18

Privilege Escalation Linux BPF CVE-2017-16995 [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16995] is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the way that a Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) is verified. Multiple sign extension bugs allows memory corruption by unprivileged users, which could be used for a local privilege escalation attack by overwriting a credential structure in memory to gain root access to a compromised host. The bpf_sign_extension_priv_esc module [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framew

3 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup: 7/13/18

Committing to some shells in GitList Shelby [https://github.com/space-r7] has been killing it with new exploit and aux modules by the day. In this iteration, she's produced an exploit [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10262] for GitList 0.6.0 and likely older versions. The software is built on PHP and allows users to view a Git repo on the web. Through an argument injection, a fake pager [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_pager] can be executed... that is really our shell

1 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrapup 7/6/18

New Modules Exploit modules (3 new) * Nagios XI Chained Remote Code Execution [https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/nagios_xi_chained_rce_2_electric_boogaloo] by Benny Husted [https://github.com/BennyHusted], Cale Smith [https://github.com/caleBot], and Jared Arave [https://www.exploit-db.com/author/?a=9106], which exploits CVE-2018-8736. Monitor this series of unfortunate events all the way to magical shells. * Boxoft WAV to MP3 Converter v1.1 Buffer Overflow

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup: 6/29/18

Moar Power OJ Reeves [https://github.com/OJ] added [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10206] two new PowerShell transport functions to Metasploit payloads and made modifications to the PowerShell transport binding functionality. The aptly-named Add-TcpTransport function adds an active TCP transport to the current session and the Add-WebTransport function adds an HTTP/S transport to the current session. These functions are fully documented, allowing the user to leverage the Ge

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup: 6/22/18

Welcome to another installment of the week! This installment features a new ETERNALBLUE module in everyone's favorite reptile-brain language, Python! Sporting support for Windows 8 and 10, it has everything you need, including immutable strings and enforced whitespace. In other Windows 10 news, chervalierly [https://github.com/chervaliery] fixed an annoying bug in rex-powershell that prevented PsExec from working on later versions of Windows 10. Now, you can PsExec to your heart’s content. Go f

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup: 6/15/18

New Privilege Escalation Exploit The glibc 'realpath()' module [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10101] was added by bcoles [https://github.com/bcoles]. It attempts to gain root privileges on Debian-based Linux systems by exploiting a vulnerability in GNU C Library (glibc) version <= 2.26. This exploit uses halfdog's [https://github.com/halfdog] RationalLove exploit to expose a buffer underflow error in glibc realpath() and create a SUID root shell. The module includes offset

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup 6/8/18

Just Let Me Grab My Popcorn First This week, rmdavy [https://github.com/rmdavy] contributed a pair of modules designed to fool Windows into authenticating to you so you can capture sweet, sweet NetNTLM hashes. BadODT [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10067] targets LibreOffice/Apache OpenOffice by providing a link to an image on a network share, and the new Multi Dropper [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/10115] creates all sorts of files Windows itself lov

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup 6/1/18

Upgrade Your SOCKS Thanks to zeroSteiner [https://github.com/zeroSteiner], we have some very nice additions to the SOCKS5 library this week. His changes enabled BIND connections through the SOCKS5 proxy [https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9990], improved automated testing around the code, and broke it up into more manageable, targeted submodules. Now that Trevor’s dying wish [https://twitter.com/Bandrel/status/912312568055771137] has been fulfilled, the team can finally leave

3 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrapup 5/25/18

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