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CVE-2015-2857 is a remote command execution vulnerability in the Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) prior to version FTA_9_11_210. The vulnerability arises from improper sanitization of the 'oauth_token' parameter, which allows attackers to inject shell metacharacters and execute arbitrary commands as the web server user. This can be exploited remotely and does not require authentication.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module targeting a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2015-2857) in the Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA). The exploit leverages a shell injection flaw in the 'oauth_token' parameter of the /tws/getStatus HTTP endpoint, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands on the appliance. The module is written in Ruby and follows the standard Metasploit structure, including check and exploit methods. It supports command payloads and can be used to gain remote command execution on vulnerable FTA instances. The module also notes additional vulnerable endpoints (/seos/find.api, /seos/put.api, /seos/mput.api), though the primary focus is on /tws/getStatus. The exploit is operational and requires the target to be running a vulnerable version of the Accellion FTA software.
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