Don't do any escaping on platforms with unknown escaping

Author: smashery

lib/metasploit/framework/ssh/platform.rb

@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ def self.get_platform_info(ssh_socket, timeout: 10)
           info
         end
 
+        def self.is_posix(platform)
+          return ['unifi','linux','osx','solaris','bsd','hpux','aix'].include?(platform)
+        end
+
         def self.get_platform_from_info(info)
           case info
           when /unifi\.version|UniFiSecurityGateway/i # Ubiquiti Unifi.  uname -a is left in, so we got to pull before Linux

lib/msf/base/sessions/ssh_command_shell_bind.rb

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def bootstrap(datastore = {}, handler = nil)
       @platform = Metasploit::Framework::Ssh::Platform.get_platform(ssh_connection)
       if @platform == 'windows'
         extend(Msf::Sessions::WindowsEscaping)
-      else
+      elsif Metasploit::Framework::Ssh::Platform.is_posix(@platform)
         extend(Msf::Sessions::UnixEscaping)
       end
 

lib/msf/base/sessions/windows_escaping.rb

@@ -28,38 +28,34 @@ def escape_cmd(executable)
     #         to cmd.exe, whereas this is expected to be passed directly to the Win32 API, anticipating that it
     #         will in turn be interpreted by CommandLineToArgvW.
     def argv_to_commandline(args)
-      escaped_args = args.map do |arg|
-        escape_arg(arg)
-      end
+       escaped_args = args.map { |arg| escape_arg(arg) }
 
       escaped_args.join(' ')
     end
 
     # Escape an individual argument per Windows shell rules
     # @param arg [String] Shell argument
     def escape_arg(arg)
-        needs_quoting = space_chars.any? do |char|
-          arg.include?(char)
-        end
+      needs_quoting = space_chars.any? { |char| arg.include?(char) }
 
-        # Fix the weird behaviour when backslashes are treated differently when immediately prior to a double-quote
-        # We need to send double the number of backslashes to make it work as expected
-        # See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-commandlinetoargvw#remarks
-        arg = arg.gsub(/(\\*)"/, '\\1\\1"')
+      # Fix the weird behaviour when backslashes are treated differently when immediately prior to a double-quote
+      # We need to send double the number of backslashes to make it work as expected
+      # See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-commandlinetoargvw#remarks
+      arg = arg.gsub(/(\\*)"/, '\\1\\1"')
 
-        # Quotes need to be escaped
-        arg = arg.gsub('"', '\\"')
+      # Quotes need to be escaped
+      arg = arg.gsub('"', '\\"')
 
-        if needs_quoting
-          # At the end of the argument, we're about to add another quote - so any backslashes need to be doubled here too
-          arg = arg.gsub(/(\\*)$/, '\\1\\1')
-          arg = "\"#{arg}\""
-        end
+      if needs_quoting
+        # At the end of the argument, we're about to add another quote - so any backslashes need to be doubled here too
+        arg = arg.gsub(/(\\*)$/, '\\1\\1')
+        arg = "\"#{arg}\""
+      end
 
-        # Empty string needs to be coerced to have a value
-        arg = '""' if arg == ''
+      # Empty string needs to be coerced to have a value
+      arg = '""' if arg == ''
 
-        arg
+      arg
     end
 
     # Convert the executable and argument array to a command that can be run in this command shell