Narcissus Image Configuration Passthru Vulnerability
Description
This module exploits a vulnerability found in Narcissus image configuration function. This is due to the backend.php file not handling the $release parameter properly, and then passes it on to the configure_image() function. In this function, the $release parameter can be used to inject system commands for passthru (a PHP function that's meant to be used to run a bash script by the vulnerable application), which allows remote code execution under the context of the web server.
Author(s)
- Dun
- sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>
Platform
Linux,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/webapp/narcissus_backend_exec
msf exploit(narcissus_backend_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(narcissus_backend_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(narcissus_backend_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(narcissus_backend_exec) > exploit
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