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Linksys WRT120N tmUnblock Stack Buffer Overflow

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Linksys WRT120N tmUnblock Stack Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
02/19/2014
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the WRT120N Linksys router to reset the password of the management interface temporarily to an empty value. This module has been tested successfully on a WRT120N device with firmware version 1.0.07.

Author(s)

  • Craig Heffner
  • Michael Messner <devnull@s3cur1ty.de>

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

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