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CVE-2017-5146 is an information exposure vulnerability in Carlo Gavazzi VMU-C EM (prior to firmware A11_U05) and VMU-C PV (prior to firmware A17) devices, where sensitive information is stored in clear text. This allows an attacker with access to the device or its storage to retrieve sensitive data without needing to bypass encryption or other protection mechanisms.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit auxiliary scanner module targeting Carlo Gavazzi Energy Meters (VMU-C EM and VMU-C PV) vulnerable to CVE-2017-5146. The module performs several actions: it first verifies if the target is a Carlo Gavazzi device by checking the web portal, then attempts to brute-force login credentials using provided or default username/password pairs. Upon successful authentication, it extracts the firmware version and attempts to retrieve the SMTP configuration, including credentials (if the user has admin privileges). Additionally, the module exploits an access control vulnerability to download the EWplant.db database file without authentication, which contains sensitive plant data. The module is written in Ruby and is designed to be used within the Metasploit framework. All HTTP endpoints used for exploitation are clearly defined in the code.
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