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CVE-2016-6435 is a local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the web console of Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.0.1. The vulnerability exists in a report function of the web application, which fails to properly sanitize user-supplied parameters, allowing remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files on the underlying system by crafting specific HTTP requests. This can be used to access sensitive files such as /etc/passwd.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit auxiliary module targeting Cisco Firepower Management Console 6.0. The module exploits a post-authentication directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2016-6435) that allows an authenticated user to download arbitrary files from the underlying system as the www user. The exploit works by first authenticating to the web interface using provided credentials via the /login.cgi endpoint, then sending a crafted request to /events/reports/view.cgi with a manipulated 'files' parameter to traverse directories and retrieve files such as /etc/passwd. The module is written in Ruby and is designed to be used within the Metasploit framework. It requires valid credentials and network access to the target's HTTPS interface. The main file in the repository is 'modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/cisco_firepower_download.rb', which contains all the exploit logic.
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