F5 Big-IP Create Admin User
Description
This creates a local user with a username/password and root-level privileges. Note that a root-level account is not required to do this, which makes it a privilege escalation issue. Note that this is pretty noisy, since it creates a user account and creates log files and such. Additionally, most (if not all) vulnerabilities in F5 grant root access anyways. Adapted from https://github.com/rbowes-r7/refreshing-mcp-tool/blob/main/mcp-privesc.rb
Author(s)
- Ron Bowes
Platform
Linux,Python,Unix
Architectures
cmd, python
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/local/f5_create_user
msf exploit(f5_create_user) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(f5_create_user) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(f5_create_user) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(f5_create_user) > exploit
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