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SolarWinds Web Help Desk Backdoor (CVE-2024-28987)

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SolarWinds Web Help Desk Backdoor (CVE-2024-28987)

Disclosed
08/22/2024
Created
10/31/2024

Description

This module exploits a backdoor in SolarWinds Web Help Desk <= v12.8.3 to retrieve all tickets from the system.

Author(s)

  • Michael Heinzl
  • Zach Hanley

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

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