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CVE-2014-2849 is a vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance prior to version 3.8.2, where flaws in the change_password and netinterface functions allow a remote authenticated user to change the admin password and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The vulnerability arises from improper access control and insufficient input validation in these functions, enabling privilege escalation and remote code execution.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit exploit module targeting Sophos Web Protection Appliance version 3.8.1.1. The exploit leverages two vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-2849 and CVE-2014-2850) to achieve remote code execution as root. The attack is performed in several stages: first, it authenticates as a non-privileged user, then abuses a mass assignment vulnerability to change the admin password (which also deletes other users), and finally exploits a lack of input sanitization in the network interface configuration to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands as root. The exploit communicates with the target over HTTPS, specifically interacting with the '/index.php' endpoint. The payload is a base64-encoded shell command, which is executed on the target system. The module is operational and provides full remote command execution if the attacker has valid credentials for a non-privileged user. The code is written in Ruby and is structured as a standard Metasploit module.
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