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Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform unauthenticated file upload to RCE (CVE-2021-1499)

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Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform unauthenticated file upload to RCE (CVE-2021-1499)

Disclosed
05/05/2021
Created
06/18/2021

Description

This module exploits an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability in Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform's /upload endpoint to upload and execute a payload as the Tomcat user.

Author(s)

  • Nikita Abramov
  • Mikhail Klyuchnikov
  • wvu <wvu@metasploit.com>
  • jheysel-r7

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

x86, x64, java

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 exploit/linux/http/cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce
msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(cisco_hyperflex_file_upload_rce) > exploit

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