Allegro Software RomPager 'Misfortune Cookie' (CVE-2014-9222) Authentication Bypass - Metasploit

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Module Overview

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Name: Allegro Software RomPager 'Misfortune Cookie' (CVE-2014-9222) Authentication Bypass
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass.rb
Disclosure date: 2014-12-17
Last modification time: 2022-01-23 15:28:32 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: CVE-2014-9222

This module exploits HTTP servers that appear to be vulnerable to the 'Misfortune Cookie' vulnerability which affects Allegro Software Rompager versions before 4.34 and can allow attackers to authenticate to the HTTP service as an administrator without providing valid credentials.

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/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass
msf auxiliary(allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > exploit

Required Options

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

Knowledge Base

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Msfconsole Usage

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Here is how the admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > show info

       Name: Allegro Software RomPager 'Misfortune Cookie' (CVE-2014-9222) Authentication Bypass
     Module: auxiliary/admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2014-12-17

Provided by:
  Jon Hart <[email protected]>
  Jan Trencansky <[email protected]>
  Lior Oppenheim

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
  Proxies                     no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
  RHOSTS                      yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
  RPORT      80               yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL        false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  TARGETURI  /                yes       URI to test
  VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  This module exploits HTTP servers that appear to be vulnerable to 
  the 'Misfortune Cookie' vulnerability which affects Allegro Software 
  Rompager versions before 4.34 and can allow attackers to 
  authenticate to the HTTP service as an administrator without 
  providing valid credentials.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9222
  http://mis.fortunecook.ie
  http://mis.fortunecook.ie/misfortune-cookie-suspected-vulnerable.pdf
  http://mis.fortunecook.ie/too-many-cooks-exploiting-tr069_tal-oppenheim_31c3.pdf

Module Options

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This is a complete list of options available in the admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass):

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   Proxies                     no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   RHOSTS                      yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
   RPORT      80               yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL        false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   TARGETURI  /                yes       URI to test
   VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass):

   Name                  Current Setting                                     Required  Description
   ----                  ---------------                                     --------  -----------
   DOMAIN                WORKSTATION                                         yes       The domain to use for Windows authentication
   DigestAuthIIS         true                                                no        Conform to IIS, should work for most servers. Only set to false for non-IIS servers
   FingerprintCheck      true                                                no        Conduct a pre-exploit fingerprint verification
   ForceAttempt          false                                               no        Force exploit attempt for all known cookies
   HttpClientTimeout                                                         no        HTTP connection and receive timeout
   HttpPassword                                                              no        The HTTP password to specify for authentication
   HttpRawHeaders                                                            no        Path to ERB-templatized raw headers to append to existing headers
   HttpTrace             false                                               no        Show the raw HTTP requests and responses
   HttpTraceColors       red/blu                                             no        HTTP request and response colors for HttpTrace (unset to disable)
   HttpTraceHeadersOnly  false                                               no        Show HTTP headers only in HttpTrace
   HttpUsername                                                              no        The HTTP username to specify for authentication
   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)
   UserAgent             Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)  no        The User-Agent header to use for all requests
   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/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > 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/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name                          Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                          ---------------  --------  -----------
   HTTP::header_folding          false            no        Enable folding of HTTP headers
   HTTP::method_random_case      false            no        Use random casing for the HTTP method
   HTTP::method_random_invalid   false            no        Use a random invalid, HTTP method for request
   HTTP::method_random_valid     false            no        Use a random, but valid, HTTP method for request
   HTTP::pad_fake_headers        false            no        Insert random, fake headers into the HTTP request
   HTTP::pad_fake_headers_count  0                no        How many fake headers to insert into the HTTP request
   HTTP::pad_get_params          false            no        Insert random, fake query string variables into the request
   HTTP::pad_get_params_count    16               no        How many fake query string variables to insert into the request
   HTTP::pad_method_uri_count    1                no        How many whitespace characters to use between the method and uri
   HTTP::pad_method_uri_type     space            no        What type of whitespace to use between the method and uri (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
   HTTP::pad_post_params         false            no        Insert random, fake post variables into the request
   HTTP::pad_post_params_count   16               no        How many fake post variables to insert into the request
   HTTP::pad_uri_version_count   1                no        How many whitespace characters to use between the uri and version
   HTTP::pad_uri_version_type    space            no        What type of whitespace to use between the uri and version (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
   HTTP::uri_dir_fake_relative   false            no        Insert fake relative directories into the uri
   HTTP::uri_dir_self_reference  false            no        Insert self-referential directories into the uri
   HTTP::uri_encode_mode         hex-normal       no        Enable URI encoding (Accepted: none, hex-normal, hex-noslashes, hex-random, hex-all, u-normal, u-all, u-random)
   HTTP::uri_fake_end            false            no        Add a fake end of URI (eg: /%20HTTP/1.0/../../)
   HTTP::uri_fake_params_start   false            no        Add a fake start of params to the URI (eg: /%3fa=b/../)
   HTTP::uri_full_url            false            no        Use the full URL for all HTTP requests
   HTTP::uri_use_backslashes     false            no        Use back slashes instead of forward slashes in the uri
   HTTP::version_random_invalid  false            no        Use a random invalid, HTTP version for request
   HTTP::version_random_valid    false            no        Use a random, but valid, HTTP version for request

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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.

Bad response

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Bad response" error message:

239:	          )
240:	          if res != nil and res.code <= 302
241:	            print_good('Good response, please check host, authentication should be disabled')
242:	            break
243:	          else
244:	            print_error('Bad response')
245:	          end
246:	        }
247:	      else
248:	        print_error("No matching values for fingerprint #{model}")
249:	      end

No matching values for fingerprint <MODEL>

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No matching values for fingerprint <MODEL>" error message:

243:	          else
244:	            print_error('Bad response')
245:	          end
246:	        }
247:	      else
248:	        print_error("No matching values for fingerprint #{model}")
249:	      end
250:	    else
251:	      print_error('Unknown device')
252:	    end
253:	  end

Unknown device

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unknown device" error message:

244:	            print_error('Bad response')
245:	          end
246:	        }
247:	      else
248:	        print_error("No matching values for fingerprint #{model}")
249:	      end
250:	    else
251:	      print_error('Unknown device')
252:	    end
253:	  end
254:	end

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Related Pull Requests

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• #14769 Merged Pull Request: Handle nil versions in preparation for rubygems 4
• #14733 Merged Pull Request: Add latest Rubocop rules
• #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
• #11865 Merged Pull Request: expand utility for allegro_rompager_auth_bypass
• #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
• #7753 Merged Pull Request: Add auxiliary RomPager misfortune cookie authentication bypass

References

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• CVE-2014-9222
• http://mis.fortunecook.ie
• http://mis.fortunecook.ie/misfortune-cookie-suspected-vulnerable.pdf
• http://mis.fortunecook.ie/too-many-cooks-exploiting-tr069_tal-oppenheim_31c3.pdf

See Also

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Check also the following modules related to this module:

• auxiliary/scanner/http/allegro_rompager_misfortune_cookie
• auxiliary/admin/http/grafana_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/admin/http/iis_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_pnpx_getsharefolderlist_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/admin/ldap/vmware_vcenter_vmdir_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/admin/networking/cisco_dcnm_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/admin/networking/cisco_secure_acs_bypass
• auxiliary/admin/networking/cisco_vpn_3000_ftp_bypass
• auxiliary/admin/vnc/realvnc_41_bypass
• auxiliary/gather/samsung_browser_sop_bypass
• auxiliary/scanner/http/cisco_ios_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/scanner/http/dir_webdav_unicode_bypass
• auxiliary/scanner/http/intel_amt_digest_bypass
• auxiliary/scanner/http/ms09_020_webdav_unicode_bypass
• auxiliary/scanner/http/rewrite_proxy_bypass
• auxiliary/scanner/http/verb_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/scanner/misc/dahua_dvr_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/scanner/ssh/libssh_auth_bypass
• auxiliary/admin/http/dlink_dir_300_600_exec_noauth
• auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921
• auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_auth_download
• auxiliary/admin/sap/sap_configservlet_exec_noauth
• auxiliary/gather/http_pdf_authors
• auxiliary/gather/peplink_bauth_sqli
• auxiliary/pdf/foxit/authbypass
• auxiliary/scanner/db2/db2_auth
• auxiliary/scanner/http/tplink_traversal_noauth
• auxiliary/scanner/mysql/mysql_authbypass_hashdump
• auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmauthd_login
• auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmauthd_version
• auxiliary/scanner/vnc/vnc_none_auth
• auxiliary/scanner/winrm/winrm_auth_methods
• auxiliary/scanner/http/fortimail_login_bypass_detection

Authors

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• Jon Hart <jon_hart[at]rapid7.com>
• Jan Trencansky <jan.trencansky[at]gmail.com>
• Lior Oppenheim

Version

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This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.23-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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