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Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0.0.0 - Directory Traversal

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Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0.0.0 - Directory Traversal

Created
02/01/2025

Description

This module leverages an unauthenticated arbitrary file read for the Argus Surveillance 4.0.0.0 system which never saw an update since. As this is a Windows related application we recommend looking for common Windows file locations, especially C:\ProgramData\PY_Software\Argus Surveillance DVR\DVRParams.ini which houses another vulnerability in the Argus Surveillance system. This directory traversal vuln is being tracked as CVE-2018-15745

Author(s)

  • Maxwell Francis
  • John Page

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/gather/argus_dvr_4_lfi_cve_2018_15745
msf auxiliary(argus_dvr_4_lfi_cve_2018_15745) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(argus_dvr_4_lfi_cve_2018_15745) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(argus_dvr_4_lfi_cve_2018_15745) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(argus_dvr_4_lfi_cve_2018_15745) > run

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