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Pi-Hole Whitelist OS Command Execution

Disclosed
04/15/2018
Created
05/23/2020

Description

This exploits a command execution vulnerability in Pi-Hole <= 3.3. When adding a new domain to the whitelist, it is possible to chain a command to the domain that is run on the OS.

Author(s)

  • h00die
  • Denis Andzakovic

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86, x64, cmd

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

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