Novell eDirectory DHOST Predictable Session Cookie - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Novell eDirectory DHOST Predictable Session Cookie
Module: auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2018-07-08 19:00:11 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): 8030
List of CVEs: CVE-2009-4655

This module is able to predict the next session cookie value issued by the DHOST web service of Novell eDirectory 8.8.5. An attacker can run this module, wait until the real administrator logs in, then specify the predicted cookie value to hijack their session.

Module Ranking and Traits

Module Ranking:

  • normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.

Basic Usage

msf > use auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie
msf auxiliary(edirectory_dhost_cookie) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(edirectory_dhost_cookie) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(edirectory_dhost_cookie) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(edirectory_dhost_cookie) > exploit

Required Options

  • RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie

msf6 auxiliary(admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie) > show info

       Name: Novell eDirectory DHOST Predictable Session Cookie
     Module: auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  hdm <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name    Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----    ---------------  --------  -----------
  RHOSTS                   yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
  RPORT   8030             yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL     true             yes       Use SSL

Description:
  This module is able to predict the next session cookie value issued 
  by the DHOST web service of Novell eDirectory 8.8.5. An attacker can 
  run this module, wait until the real administrator logs in, then 
  specify the predicted cookie value to hijack their session.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4655
  OSVDB (60035)

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie):

   Name    Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----    ---------------  --------  -----------
   RHOSTS                   yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
   RPORT   8030             yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL     true             yes       Use SSL

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie):

   Name            Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----            ---------------  --------  -----------
   CHOST                            no        The local client address
   CPORT                            no        The local client port
   ConnectTimeout  10               yes       Maximum number of seconds to establish a TCP connection
   Proxies                          no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   SSLCipher                        no        String for SSL cipher - "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA" or "ADH"
   SSLVerifyMode   PEER             no        SSL verification method (Accepted: CLIENT_ONCE, FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT, NONE, PEER)
   SSLVersion      Auto             yes       Specify the version of SSL/TLS to be used (Auto, TLS and SSL23 are auto-negotiate) (Accepted: Auto, TLS, SSL23, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2)
   VERBOSE         false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                        no        Specify the workspace for this module

Auxiliary Actions

This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

   Name  Description
   ----  -----------

Evasion Options

Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 auxiliary(admin/edirectory/edirectory_dhost_cookie) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name                Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                ---------------  --------  -----------
   TCP::max_send_size  0                no        Maxiumum tcp segment size.  (0 = disable)
   TCP::send_delay     0                no        Delays inserted before every send.  (0 = disable)

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References

See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

hdm

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.24-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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