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VMWare Update Manager 4 Directory Traversal

Disclosed
11/21/2011
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This modules exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in VMWare Update Manager on port 9084. Versions affected by this vulnerability: vCenter Update Manager 4.1 prior to Update 2, vCenter Update Manager 4 Update 4.

Author(s)

  • Alexey Sintsov
  • sinn3r <sinn3r@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/scanner/vmware/vmware_update_manager_traversal
msf auxiliary(vmware_update_manager_traversal) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(vmware_update_manager_traversal) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(vmware_update_manager_traversal) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(vmware_update_manager_traversal) > run

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