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Apache Tomcat CGIServlet enableCmdLineArguments Vulnerability

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Apache Tomcat CGIServlet enableCmdLineArguments Vulnerability

Disclosed
04/10/2019
Created
07/02/2019

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's CGIServlet component. When the enableCmdLineArguments setting is set to true, a remote user can abuse this to execute system commands, and gain remote code execution.

Author(s)

  • Yakov Shafranovich
  • sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86, x64

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

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