By removing the authentication header, an attacker can issue an HTTP request to the OMI management endpoint that will cause it to execute an operating system command as the root user. This vulnerability was patched in OMI version 1.6.8-1 (released September 8th 2021).
Linux,Unix
cmd, x86, x64
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/misc/cve_2021_38647_omigod
msf exploit(cve_2021_38647_omigod) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(cve_2021_38647_omigod) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(cve_2021_38647_omigod) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(cve_2021_38647_omigod) > exploit
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