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Apache 2.4.49/2.4.50 Traversal RCE

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Apache 2.4.49/2.4.50 Traversal RCE

Disclosed
05/10/2021
Created
10/28/2021

Description

This module exploit an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability which exists in Apache version 2.4.49 (CVE-2021-41773). If files outside of the document root are not protected by ‘require all denied’ and CGI has been explicitly enabled, it can be used to execute arbitrary commands (Remote Command Execution). This vulnerability has been reintroduced in Apache 2.4.50 fix (CVE-2021-42013).

Author(s)

  • Ash Daulton
  • Dhiraj Mishra
  • mekhalleh (RAMELLA Sébastien)

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, x64, x86

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

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