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Cisco 7937G SSH Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
06/02/2020
Created
08/22/2020

Description

This module exploits a feature that should not be available via the web interface. An unauthenticated user may change the credentials for SSH access to any username and password combination desired, giving access to administrative functions through an SSH connection.

Author(s)

  • Cody Martin

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 auxiliary/admin/http/cisco_7937g_ssh_privesc
msf auxiliary(cisco_7937g_ssh_privesc) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(cisco_7937g_ssh_privesc) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(cisco_7937g_ssh_privesc) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(cisco_7937g_ssh_privesc) > run

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