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Linksys WRT54 Access Point apply.cgi Buffer Overflow

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Linksys WRT54 Access Point apply.cgi Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
09/13/2005
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in apply.cgi on the Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS routers. According to iDefense who discovered this vulnerability, all WRT54G versions prior to 4.20.7 and all WRT54GS version prior to 1.05.2 may be affected.

Author(s)

  • Raphael Rigo <devel-metasploit@syscall.eu>
  • Julien Tinnes <julien@cr0.org>

Platform

Linux

Architectures

mipsle

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

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