Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Putting in the work! This week we’re extra grateful for the fantastic contributions our community makes to Metasploit. The Metasploit team landed more than 5 PRs each from Ron Bowes and bcoles, adding some great new capabilities. Ron Bowes contributed four new modules targeting UnRAR, Zimbra, and...

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Capture Credentials with our new SMB Server Our own Adam Galway revamped the old SMB capture module and now supports NTLMv1 and NTLMv2, as well as SMB1, SMB2 and SMB3. This was possible thanks to @zeroSteiner's new RubySMB server implementation. Metasploit is now able to capture NTLM hashes from...

CVE-2022-41080, CVE-2022-41082: Rapid7 Observed Exploitation of `OWASSRF` in Exchange for RCE

Emergent threats evolve quickly, and as we learn more about this vulnerability, this blog post will evolve, too. Beginning December 20, 2022, Rapid7 has responded to an increase in the number of Microsoft Exchange server compromises. Further investigation aligned these attacks to what CrowdStrike...

It’s the Summer of AppSec: Q2 Improvements to Our Industry-Leading DAST and WAAP

Summer is in full swing, and that means soaring temperatures, backyard grill-outs, and the latest roundup of Q2 application security improvements from Rapid7. Yes, we know you’ve been waiting for this moment with more anticipation than Season 4 of Stranger Things. So let’s start running up that...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 08/16/2024

New module content 3 Apache HugeGraph Gremlin RCE Authors: 6right and jheysel-r7 Type: Exploit Pull request: 19348 contributed by jheysel-r7 Path: linux/http/apachehugegraphgremlinrce AttackerKB reference: CVE-2024-27348 Description: Adds an Apache HugeGraph Server exploit for GHSA-29rc-vq7f-x335...

XSS in JSON: Old-School Attacks for Modern Applications

I recently wrote a blog post on injection-type vulnerabilities and how they were knocked down a few spots from 1 to 3 on the new OWASP Top 10 for 2022. The main focus of that article was to demonstrate how stack traces could be — and still are — used via injection attacks to gather information...

Metasploit Framework 6.4 Released

Today, Metasploit is pleased to announce the release of Metasploit Framework 6.4. It has been just over a year since the release of version 6.3 and the team has added many new features and improvements since then. For news reporters, please reach out to [email protected]. Kerberos Improvements...

Patch Tuesday - December 2023

Microsoft is addressing 34 vulnerabilities this December Patch Tuesday, including a single zero-day vulnerability and three critical remote code execution RCE vulnerabilities. December Patch Tuesday has historically seen fewer patches than a typical month, and this trend continues in 2023. This...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

New module content 4 Roundcube TimeZone Authenticated File Disclosure Authors: joel, stonepresto, and thomascube Type: Auxiliary Pull request: 18286 contributed by cudalac Path: auxiliary/gather/roundcubeauthfileread AttackerKB reference: CVE-2017-16651 Description: This PR adds a module to...

CVE-2023-38205: Adobe ColdFusion Access Control Bypass [FIXED]

!CVE-2023-38205: Adobe ColdFusion Access Control Bypass \FIXED\https://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2023/07/GettyImages-1185282377-3.jpg On July 11, 2023, Rapid7 and Adobe disclosed CVE-2023-29298, an access control bypass vulnerability affecting ColdFusion, which Rapid7 had reported to Adobe i...

Patch Tuesday - September 2024

Microsoft is addressing 79 vulnerabilities this September 2024 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation and/or public disclosure for four of the vulnerabilities published today; at time of writing, all four are listed on CISA KEV. Microsoft is also patching four critical...

Patch Tuesday - May 2024

Microsoft is addressing 61 vulnerabilities this May 2024 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation and/or public disclosure for three of the vulnerabilities published today. At time of writing, two of the vulnerabilities patched today are listed on CISA KEV. Microsoft is...

CVE-2023-4966: Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler Information Disclosure Vulnerability

On October 10, 2023, Citrix published an advisory on two vulnerabilities affecting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. The more critical of these two issues is CVE-2023-4966, a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability that allows an attacker to read large amounts of memory after the end of...

Ongoing Social Engineering Campaign Refreshes Payloads

Executive Summary On June 20, 2024, Rapid7 identified multiple intrusion attempts by threat actors utilizing techniques, tactics, and procedures TTPs that are consistent with an ongoing social engineering campaign being tracked by Rapid7. Rapid7 observed a meaningful shift in the tools used by th...

Under Siege: Rapid7-Observed Exploitation of Cisco ASA SSL VPNs

Tyler Starks, Christiaan Beek, Robert Knapp, Zach Dayton, and Caitlin Condon contributed to this blog. Rapid7’s managed detection and response MDR teams have observed increased threat activity targeting Cisco ASA SSL VPN appliances physical and virtual dating back to at least March 2023. In some...

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New module content 1 Metabase Setup Token RCE Authors: Maxwell Garrett, Shubham Shah, and h00die Type: Exploit Pull request: 18232 contributed by h00die Path: exploits/linux/http/metabasesetuptokenrce AttackerKB reference: CVE-2023-38646 Description: This adds a module for an unauthenticated RCE...

Metasploit Framework 6.3 Released

The Metasploit team is pleased to announce the release of Metasploit Framework 6.3, which adds native support for Kerberos authentication, incorporates new modules to conduct a wide range of Active Directory attacks, and simplifies complex workflows to support faster and more intuitive security...

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Nagios modules Community member Erik Wynter has contributed two more Nagios XI modules this week, on top of the previous week’s contributions! If you’ve noticed Nagios XI 5.6.0 to 5.7.5 running within your target’s infrastructure during a pen test, be sure to check both these new modules out as...

How Philip Reiner Created the Ransomware Task Force

In our latest episode of Security Nation, we talk to Philip Reiner about his work with the Ransomware Task Force. Stick around for our Rapid Rundown, where Tod talks about a recently released bulletin from CISA about APT exploiting both new and old SAP vulnerabilities. Want More Inspiring Stories...

Patch Tuesday - February 2025

Microsoft is addressing 56 vulnerabilities this February 2025 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for two of the vulnerabilities published today, which is reflected in CISA KEV. Microsoft is aware of public disclosure for two other vulnerabilities. This is now the...

CVE-2023-47218: QNAP QTS and QuTS Hero Unauthenticated Command Injection (FIXED)

Rapid7 has identified an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability in the QNAP operating system known as QTS and QuTS hero. QTS is a core part of the firmware for numerous QNAP entry- and mid-level Network Attached Storage NAS devices, and QuTS hero is a core part of the firmware for numero...

CVE-2023-49103 - Critical Information Disclosure in ownCloud Graph API

Rapid7 is responding to CVE-2023-49103, an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability impacting ownCloud. Background ownCloud is a file sharing platform designed for enterprise environments. On November 21, 2023, ownCloud disclosed CVE-2023-49103, an unauthenticated information disclosu...

Baxter SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pumps: Multiple Vulnerabilities (FIXED)

Rapid7, Inc. Rapid7 discovered vulnerabilities in two TCP/IP-enabled medical devices produced by Baxter Healthcare. The affected products are: SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pump Firmware Version 8.00.01 SIGMA Wi-Fi Battery Firmware Versions 16, 17, 20 D29 Rapid7 initially reported these issues to Baxte...

New Rapid7 MDR Essentials Capability Sees What Attackers See: “It’s Eye-Opening”

The pandemic and remote work shattered your perimeter. Your attack surface has changed — and will keep changing. It’s our mission to help customers strengthen security defenses and stay ahead of evil. As the modern perimeter expands, new and old vulnerabilities emerge as open doors for attackers;...

Codecov Discloses Supply Chain Compromise

The following blog was co-authored by Curt Barnard and Caitlin Condon. On April 15, 2021, code coverage and testing company Codecov announced a supply chain compromise in which a malicious party gained access to their Bash Uploader script and modified it without authorization, enabling the...

Rapid7 Announces Improvements to Goals and SLAs in InsightVM

We know that proving the efficacy of your vulnerability management program is no easy task. But with the Goals and SLAs feature in InsightVM, you can ensure you’re making and tracking progress toward your goals and service-level agreements SLAs at an appropriate place, as well as maintaining...

CVE-2023-0391: MGT-COMMERCE CloudPanel Shared Certificate Vulnerability and Weak Installation Procedures

While using the popular self-hosted web administration solution, CloudPanel from MGT-COMMERCE, Rapid7 researcher Tod Beardsley discovered three security concerns. The first, an issue involving the trustworthiness of the installation script provided by the vendor, was an instance of CWE-494:...

Backdoored XZ Utils (CVE-2024-3094)

On Friday, March 29, after investigating anomalous behavior in his Debian sid environment, developer Andres Freund contacted an open-source security mailing list to share that he had discovered an upstream backdoor in widely used command line tool XZ Utils liblzma. The backdoor, added by an...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 01/26/24

Direct Syscalls Support for Windows Meterpreter Direct system calls are a well-known technique that is often used to bypass EDR/AV detection. This technique is particularly useful when dynamic analysis is performed, where the security software monitors every process on the system to detect any...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Cacti Unauthenticated Command Injection Thanks to community contributor Erik Wynter, Metasploit Framework now has an exploit module for an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability in the Cacti network-monitoring software. The vulnerability is due to a procopen call that accepts unsanitized...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

I'm sure you know what's coming, more Log4Shell For those wondering when the Log4Shell remediation nightmare will end, I'm afraid I can't give you that. What I can give you, though, is a new Log4Shell module! With the new module from zeroSteiner you can expect to get unauthenticated RCE on the...

Patch Tuesday Dashboard Template Release

We know that many security teams rely on Microsoft’s patch cycle to remediate vulnerabilities in their environments. However, every month , Patch Tuesday introduces numerous vulnerabilities and their solutions that apply to many, if not nearly all, devices. Keeping up with the deployment of these...

NICER Protocol Deep Dive: Internet Exposure of memcached

Welcome to the NICER Protocol Deep Dive blog series! When we started researching what all was out on the internet way back in January, we had no idea we'd end up with a hefty, 137-page tome of a research report. The sheer length of such a thing might put off folks who might otherwise learn a thin...

CVE-2024-24919: Check Point Security Gateway Information Disclosure

On May 28, 2024, Check Point published an advisory for CVE-2024-24919, a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting Check Point Security Gateway devices configured with either the “IPSec VPN” or “Mobile Access” software blade. On May 29, 2024, security firm mnemonic published a...

CVE-2023-42793: Critical Authentication Bypass in JetBrains TeamCity CI/CD Servers

On September 20, 2023, JetBrains disclosed CVE-2023-42793, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in on-premises instances of their TeamCity CI/CD server. Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-42793 allows an unauthenticated attacker with HTTPS access to a TeamCity server to perform a remot...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Fortra Globalscape EFT Administration Server [FIXED]

!Multiple Vulnerabilities in Fortra Globalscape EFT Administration Server \FIXED\https://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2023/06/GettyImages-1345443906.jpg Earlier this year, Rapid7 researchers undertook a project to analyze managed file transfer applications, due to the number of recent...

Recog Release v3.0.3

Recog Release v3.0.3, which is available now, includes updated fingerprints for Zoho ManageEngine PAM360, Password Manager Pro, and Access Manager Plus; Atlassian Bitbucket Server; and Supervisord Supervisor. It also includes new fingerprints and a number of bug fixes, all of which are detailed...

Exploitation of Mitel MiVoice Connect SA CVE-2022-29499

In April 2022, telecommunications company Mitel published a security advisory on CVE-2022-29499, a data validation vulnerability in the Service Appliance component of MiVoice Connect, a business communications product. The vulnerability, which was unpatched at time of publication, arose from...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

FortiNAC EITW Content Added Whilst we did have a few cool new modules added this week, one particularly interesting one was a Fortinet FortiNAC vulnerability, CVE-2022-39952, that was added in by team member Jack Heysel. This module exploits an unauthenticated RCE in Fortinet FortiNAC versions...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Metasploit 6.3 is out! Earlier this week we announced the release of Metasploit 6.3 which came with a tonne of new modules and improvements. The whole team worked super hard on this and we're very excited that everyone can now get their hands on it and all of the new features it has to offer! I...

Rapid7 Announces Kubernetes Integration General Availability in InsightVM

Rapid7 is excited to announce the general availability of our Kubernetes integration in InsightVM, our vulnerability management tool.This represents a step forward in Rapid7’s ability to provide vulnerability and remediation management capabilities for container environments. Kubernetes is the mo...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap Up

New module content 3 LDAP Login Scanner Author: Dean Welch Type: Auxiliary Pull request: 18197 contributed by dwelch-r7 Path: scanner/ldap/ldaplogin Description: This PR adds a new login scanner module for LDAP. Login scanners are the classes that provide functionality for testing authentication...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Cloud Fun With EC2 New ground was broken today with the addition of two PRs from community contributor sempervictus, also known as RageLtMan, who added the ability for Metasploit to establish sessions to EC2 instances using Amazon's SSM interface, which provides a public API to execute commands o...

Threat and Vulnerability Management Best Practices

Today’s business world is increasingly driven by e-commerce and the cloud, which means it requires a proactive approach toward vulnerability management. After all, your company’s data—as well as your customers’—remains at risk to cybercriminals, which places the onus on you to protect your...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-up

Windows 11 ADF WinSock Priv Esc The new windows/local/cve202321768afdlpe exploit makes use of a brand new Windows kernel exploitation technique that leverages the new I/O ring feature introduced in Windows 11 21H2. This technique comes from Yarden Shafir research and provides a full read/write...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

A sack full of cheer from the Hacking Elves of Metasploit It is clear that the Metasploit elves have been busy this season: Five new modules, six new enhancements, nine new bug fixes, and a partridge in a pear tree are headed out this week! Partridge nor pear tree included. In this sack of goodie...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Azure Active Directory login scanner module Community contributor k0pak4 added a new login scanner module for Azure Active Directory. This module exploits a vulnerable authentication endpoint in order to enumerate usernames without generating log events. The error code returned by the endpoint ca...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

LearnPress authenticated SQL injection Metasploit contributor h00die added a new module that exploits CVE-2020-6010, an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress LearnPress plugin. When a user is logged in with contributor privileges or higher, the id parameter can be used to...

Grow, Develop, and Impact More Than Just Your Career: Software Engineering at Rapid7 Belfast

Growth and learning – in any career at any level – are imperative for job satisfaction and company commitment. While it is necessary to have inherent curiosity as well as a desire to grow and achieve, it is also important to work for an organization that encourages and enables this curiosity and...

Patch Tuesday - November 2024

Microsoft is addressing 90 vulnerabilities this November 2024 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation and/or public disclosure for four of the vulnerabilities published today, although as with last month’s batch, it does not evaluate any of these zero-day vulnerabilities...