This module exploits a command execution vulnerability in Zenoss 3.x which could be abused to allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code under the context of the 'zenoss' user. The show_daemon_xml_configs() function in the 'ZenossInfo.py' script calls Popen() with user controlled data from the 'daemon' parameter.
Unix
cmd
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/zenoss_showdaemonxmlconfig_exec
msf exploit(zenoss_showdaemonxmlconfig_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(zenoss_showdaemonxmlconfig_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(zenoss_showdaemonxmlconfig_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(zenoss_showdaemonxmlconfig_exec) > exploit
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