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CVE-2020-14871 is a critical vulnerability in the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) component of Oracle Solaris versions 10 and 11 (prior to 11.1). The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to exploit the authentication mechanism via multiple protocols, leading to full system compromise. The vulnerability is not present in Solaris 11.1 and later, nor in ZFSSA 8.7 and later.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit exploit module targeting a stack-based buffer overflow in the Solaris PAM library's username parsing code, as used by the SunSSH daemon (CVE-2020-14871). The exploit is designed for SunSSH 1.1.5 on Solaris 10u11 1/13 (x86) and leverages the keyboard-interactive authentication method to trigger the vulnerability. The module is written in Ruby and integrates with the Metasploit framework, using the SSH protocol (TCP port 22) as its attack vector. The default payload is a Perl-based reverse shell, granting remote root access upon successful exploitation. The exploit is operational and has been tested in virtualized environments. The code includes logic for target fingerprinting, payload delivery, and handling of various SSH connection outcomes. No hardcoded IP addresses or domain names are present, but the exploit is fingerprintable by its use of SSH and the specific SunSSH version string.
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