EMC AlphaStor Device Manager Arbitrary Command Execution - Metasploit

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Module Overview

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Name: EMC AlphaStor Device Manager Arbitrary Command Execution
Module: auxiliary/admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec.rb
Disclosure date: 2008-05-27
Last modification time: 2020-10-02 17:38:06 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): 3000
List of CVEs: CVE-2008-2157

EMC AlphaStor Device Manager is prone to a remote command-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Module Ranking and Traits

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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

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

Required Options

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

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Msfconsole Usage

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Here is how the admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec

msf6 auxiliary(admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec) > show info

       Name: EMC AlphaStor Device Manager Arbitrary Command Execution
     Module: auxiliary/admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2008-05-27

Provided by:
  MC <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name    Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----    ---------------  --------  -----------
  CMD     hostname         no        The OS command to execute
  RHOSTS                   yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
  RPORT   3000             yes       The target port (TCP)

Description:
  EMC AlphaStor Device Manager is prone to a remote command-injection 
  vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize 
  user-supplied input.

References:
  http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=703
  OSVDB (45715)
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2157
  http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29398

Module Options

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This is a complete list of options available in the admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec):

   Name    Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----    ---------------  --------  -----------
   CMD     hostname         no        The OS command to execute
   RHOSTS                   yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
   RPORT   3000             yes       The target port (TCP)

Advanced Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec):

   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][...]
   SSL             false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   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

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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/emc/alphastor_devicemanager_exec) > 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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Error Messages

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This module may fail with the following error messages:

Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

Connection failed

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Connection failed" error message:

50:	    res.each_line do |info|
51:	      print_status("#{info.gsub(/[^[:print:]]+/,"")}") # hack.
52:	    end
53:	
54:	    disconnect
55:	  rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError => e
56:	    print_error 'Connection failed'
57:	  rescue ::EOFError => e
58:	    print_error 'No reply'
59:	  end
60:	end

No reply

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No reply" error message:

50:	    res.each_line do |info|
51:	      print_status("#{info.gsub(/[^[:print:]]+/,"")}") # hack.
52:	    end
53:	
54:	    disconnect
55:	  rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError => e
56:	    print_error 'Connection failed'
57:	  rescue ::EOFError => e
58:	    print_error 'No reply'
59:	  end
60:	end

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Related Pull Requests

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• #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
• #12132 Merged Pull Request: Catch EOFError - Fix #12061
• #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
• #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
• #6812 Merged Pull Request: Resolve #6807, remove all OSVDB references.
• #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
• #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
• #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
• #1228 Merged Pull Request: MSFTIDY cleanup #1 - auxiliary
• #447 Merged Pull Request: Fix how some module handle send_request_* and get_once()'s nil return value

References

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• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=703
• OSVDB (45715)
• CVE-2008-2157
• BID-29398

See Also

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Check also the following modules related to this module:

• auxiliary/admin/emc/alphastor_librarymanager_exec
• auxiliary/scanner/emc/alphastor_devicemanager
• auxiliary/scanner/emc/alphastor_librarymanager
• exploit/windows/emc/alphastor_agent
• exploit/windows/emc/alphastor_device_manager_exec
• auxiliary/admin/http/cnpilot_r_cmd_exec
• auxiliary/admin/http/hp_web_jetadmin_exec
• auxiliary/admin/http/jboss_seam_exec
• auxiliary/admin/http/linksys_e1500_e2500_exec
• auxiliary/admin/http/linksys_wrt54gl_exec
• auxiliary/admin/http/pihole_domains_api_exec
• auxiliary/admin/maxdb/maxdb_cons_exec
• auxiliary/admin/mssql/mssql_exec
• auxiliary/dos/http/tautulli_shutdown_exec
• auxiliary/scanner/http/epmp1000_get_chart_cmd_exec
• auxiliary/scanner/http/epmp1000_ping_cmd_exec
• auxiliary/scanner/sap/sap_soap_rfc_dbmcli_sxpg_call_system_command_exec
• auxiliary/scanner/sap/sap_soap_rfc_dbmcli_sxpg_command_exec
• auxiliary/scanner/sap/sap_soap_rfc_sxpg_call_system_exec
• auxiliary/scanner/sap/sap_soap_rfc_sxpg_command_exec
• auxiliary/scanner/telnet/satel_cmd_exec
• exploit/windows/emc/networker_format_string
• exploit/windows/emc/replication_manager_exec
• auxiliary/dos/misc/memcached
• auxiliary/gather/emc_cta_xxe
• auxiliary/gather/memcached_extractor
• auxiliary/scanner/memcached/memcached_amp
• auxiliary/scanner/memcached/memcached_udp_version
• auxiliary/scanner/oracle/emc_sid
• exploit/windows/fileformat/emc_appextender_keyworks

Authors

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• MC

Version

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This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.26-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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