Polycom Shell HDX Series Traceroute Command Execution
11/12/2017
06/14/2018
Description
Within Polycom command shell, a command execution flaw exists in lan traceroute, one of the dev commands, which allows for an attacker to execute arbitrary payloads with telnet or openssl.
Author(s)
- Mumbai
- staaldraad
- Paul Haas <Paul.Haas@Security-Assessment.com>
- h00die <mike@shorebreaksecurity.com>
Platform
Unix
Architectures
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/misc/polycom_hdx_traceroute_exec
msf exploit(polycom_hdx_traceroute_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(polycom_hdx_traceroute_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(polycom_hdx_traceroute_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(polycom_hdx_traceroute_exec) > exploit
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