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RealVNC NULL Authentication Mode Bypass

Disclosed
05/15/2006
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits an Authentication bypass Vulnerability in RealVNC Server version 4.1.0 and 4.1.1. It sets up a proxy listener on LPORT and proxies to the target server The AUTOVNC option requires that vncviewer be installed on the attacking machine.

Author(s)

  • hdm <x@hdm.io>
  • theLightCosine <theLightCosine@metasploit.com>

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/vnc/realvnc_41_bypass
msf auxiliary(realvnc_41_bypass) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(realvnc_41_bypass) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(realvnc_41_bypass) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(realvnc_41_bypass) > run 

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