EMC CTA v10.0 Unauthenticated XXE Arbitrary File Read
03/31/2014
05/30/2018
Description
EMC CTA v10.0 is susceptible to an unauthenticated XXE attack that allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the file system with the permissions of the root user.
Author(s)
- Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile@gmail.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/gather/emc_cta_xxe
msf auxiliary(emc_cta_xxe) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(emc_cta_xxe) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(emc_cta_xxe) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(emc_cta_xxe) > run 
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