Plex Unpickle Dict Windows RCE
Description
This module exploits an authenticated Python unsafe pickle.load of a Dict file. An authenticated attacker can create a photo library and add arbitrary files to it. After setting the Windows only Plex variable LocalAppDataPath to the newly created photo library, a file named Dict will be unpickled, which causes an RCE as the user who started Plex. Plex_Token is required, to get it you need to log-in through a web browser, then check the requests to grab the X-Plex-Token header. See info -d for additional details. If an exploit fails, or is cancelled, Dict is left on disk, a new ALBUM_NAME will be required as subsuquent writes will make Dict-1, and not execute.
Author(s)
- h00die
- Chris Lyne
Platform
Python
Architectures
python
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/windows/http/plex_unpickle_dict_rce
msf exploit(plex_unpickle_dict_rce) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(plex_unpickle_dict_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(plex_unpickle_dict_rce) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(plex_unpickle_dict_rce) > exploit
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