KONE KGC 4.6.4 DoS / Code Execution / LFI / Bypass

`Vulnerabilities in KONEs Group Controller (KGC)  
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Introduction  
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Vulnerabilities were identified in the KONE Group Controller (KGC).  
These were discovered during a black box assessment and therefore the  
vulnerability list should not be considered exhaustive.  
  
The version under test was indicated as: 4.6.4  
  
  
Comment added by KONE  
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KONE Group Controller (KGC) is an elevator group controller computer,  
installed in the elevator machine room of a building. Its purpose is  
to optimize the operation of a group of elevators, and it allows  
features such as destination calls and locking and unlocking floors.  
Group controller is not an essential component of an elevator control  
system and vulnerabilities in KGC do not affect the safety of the  
elevators connected to the group.  
More information at https://www.kone.com/en/vulnerability.aspx  
  
  
Affected Software And Versions  
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- KONE KGC version 4.6.4 and below  
  
  
CVE  
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The following CVEs were assigned to the issues described in this report:  
CVE-2018-15483  
CVE-2018-15484  
CVE-2018-15485  
CVE-2018-15486  
  
  
Vulnerability Overview  
======================  
01. CVE-2018-15484: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution  
02. CVE-2018-15486: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion /  
Unauthenticated Local File modification  
03. CVE-2018-15485: FTP without authentication and authorization  
04. CVE-2018-15483: Denial of Service  
  
  
Vulnerability Details  
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CVE-2018-15484: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution  
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By modifying the file autoexec.bat via the web interface using an  
unauthenticated local file modification method (see CVE-2018-15486),  
an attacker can inject arbitrary operating systems commands, which get  
executed at boot time. To trigger a reboot, an HTTP GET request to  
/reboot has to be made. This enables an attacker to compromise the  
integrity of all software running on the device.  
  
This includes specific autoexec commands but also the full range of  
command.com (operating system) commands regarding to FreeDOS.  
  
Injecting an interactive command, such as the help command,  
effectively prevents the KGC from booting up again and therefore  
causes a Denial of Service Attack (CVE-2018-15483).  
  
  
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CVE-2018-15486: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion / Unauthenticated  
Local File modification  
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By modifying the name parameter of the file endpoint, any file the  
webserver has access to can be viewed.  
  
GET /file?name=secret.txt HTTP/1.1  
Host: <redacted>  
  
However, more importantly, by modifying the name parameter of the  
editfile endpoint, any file can be modified:  
  
GET /editfile?name=secret.txt HTTP/1.1  
Host: <redacted>  
  
After calling the endpoint above, the file to edit is presented in a  
textbox for modification.  
This way, attackers can choose from a wide range of attack scenarios,  
e.g., persisting backdoors in files such as KERNEL.SYS, enable access  
to floors, they wouldn't have access to in normal cases (KGC config  
files) or carry out DNS redirection- and Man-in-the-Middle attacks.  
The latter could be achieved by modifying the DNS parameter or the  
default gateway, respectively:  
  
[ETHERNET]  
card=7  
: DHCP on or off [0-1]  
: Attacker would switch to 0  
dhcp=0  
: Static IP address [IP]  
: Set a static IP  
ip=<static IP>  
: Subnet mask [IP]  
mask=<appropriate mask>  
: Default gateway [IP]  
: Change gateway  
default_gateway=<attacker controlled gateway>  
: DNS [IP]  
dns=<attacker controlled dns server>  
: Host name [string]  
host_name=KGC_1  
  
This way, an attacker could read and modify all the data transmitted  
over the wires.  
  
  
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CVE-2018-15485: FTP without authentication and authorization  
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FTP on the KGC is enabled on port 21 and is not secured by  
authentication or authorization mechanisms.  
  
A user that connects to that port is logged in as SuperUser, with  
needing a username or password (also blank usernames and passwords are  
accepted).  
  
$ ftp -p <redacted-IP>  
Connected to <redacted-IP>.  
220 KGC FTP Server ready  
Name (<redacted-IP>:username): <blank>  
331 User name okay, need password.  
Password: <blank>  
230 SuperUser logged in, proceed.  
Remote system type is WIN32.  
  
This way all available data can be downloaded and new data can be  
uploaded to the KGC.  
  
  
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CVE-2018-15483: Denial of Service  
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There are several possible ways to cause a denial of service on the KGC.  
One of them is the possibility to reboot the system via the web  
interface. An attacker could reboot the system every time it boots  
back up to interrupt the service and cause a denial of service attack:  
  
GET /reboot HTTP/1.1  
Host: <redacted>  
  
  
Author  
======  
The vulnerabilities were discovered by Sebastian Neuner  
(@sebastian9er) from the Google Security Team.  
  
  
Timeline  
========  
2018/05/10 - Security report sent to KONE security.  
2018/05/11 - KONE acknowledges the report and starts working on the issues.  
2018/05/25 - KONE requested grace period due to internal patch cycle.  
2018/05/25 - Google granted grace period until patch available and  
being deployed.  
2018/08/06 - Public disclosure on the bugtraq Mailing List.  
  
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