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CVE-2014-2928 is a command injection vulnerability in the iControl API of multiple F5 BIG-IP products (including LTM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, PSM, AAM, AFM, PEM, Analytics, Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, WOM, Enterprise Manager, and BIG-IQ) in various versions. The vulnerability arises because the API fails to properly sanitize shell metacharacters in the hostname element of a SOAP request, allowing remote authenticated administrators to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands on the underlying system.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (modules/exploits/linux/http/f5_icontrol_exec.rb) that exploits an authenticated remote command execution vulnerability (CVE-2014-2928) in the F5 BIG-IP iControl API. The exploit targets the SOAP interface at /iControl/iControlPortal.cgi, requiring valid credentials to authenticate. It abuses the set_hostname method to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands as root. The payload is uploaded in base64-encoded chunks to a temporary file in /tmp, which is then executed. The module is weaponized, supporting arbitrary Metasploit payloads, and is suitable for post-authentication exploitation of vulnerable F5 devices. The code is written in Ruby and is structured as a standard Metasploit exploit module.
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