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Arista restricted shell escape (with privesc)

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Arista restricted shell escape (with privesc)

Disclosed
02/02/2020
Created
06/16/2020

Description

This exploit module takes advantage of a poorly configured TACACS+ config, Arista's bash shell and TACACS+ read-only account to privilage escalate. A CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 has been assigned.

Author(s)

  • Chris Anders

Platform

Linux

Architectures

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

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