Telisca IPS Lock Cisco IP Phone Control - Metasploit


This page contains detailed information about how to use the auxiliary/voip/telisca_ips_lock_control metasploit module. For list of all metasploit modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

Module Overview


Name: Telisca IPS Lock Cisco IP Phone Control
Module: auxiliary/voip/telisca_ips_lock_control
Source code: modules/auxiliary/voip/telisca_ips_lock_control.rb
Disclosure date: 2015-12-17
Last modification time: 2022-04-21 13:31:55 +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: -

This module allows an unauthenticated attacker to exercise the "Lock" and "Unlock" functionality of Telisca IPS Lock for Cisco IP Phones. This module should be run in the VoIP VLAN, and requires knowledge of the target phone's name (for example, SEP002497AB1D4B). Set ACTION to either LOCK or UNLOCK. UNLOCK is the default.

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

Required Options


  • RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'

  • RHOST: The IPS Lock IP Address

  • PHONENAME: The name of the target phone

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Msfconsole Usage


Here is how the voip/telisca_ips_lock_control auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/voip/telisca_ips_lock_control

msf6 auxiliary(voip/telisca_ips_lock_control) > show info

       Name: Telisca IPS Lock Cisco IP Phone Control
     Module: auxiliary/voip/telisca_ips_lock_control
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2015-12-17

Provided by:
  Fakhir Karim Reda <[email protected]>
  zirsalem

Available actions:
  Name    Description
  ----    -----------
  LOCK    To lock a phone
  UNLOCK  To unlock a phone

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
  PHONENAME                   yes       The name of the target phone
  Proxies                     no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
  RHOST                       yes       The IPS Lock IP Address
  RHOSTS                      yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
  RPORT      80               yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL        false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  This module allows an unauthenticated attacker to exercise the 
  "Lock" and "Unlock" functionality of Telisca IPS Lock for Cisco IP 
  Phones. This module should be run in the VoIP VLAN, and requires 
  knowledge of the target phone's name (for example, SEP002497AB1D4B). 
  Set ACTION to either LOCK or UNLOCK. UNLOCK is the default.

Module Options


This is a complete list of options available in the voip/telisca_ips_lock_control auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(voip/telisca_ips_lock_control) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/voip/telisca_ips_lock_control):

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   PHONENAME                   yes       The name of the target phone
   Proxies                     no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   RHOST                       yes       The IPS Lock IP Address
   RHOSTS                      yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
   RPORT      80               yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL        false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Auxiliary action:

   Name    Description
   ----    -----------
   UNLOCK  To unlock a phone

Advanced Options


Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the voip/telisca_ips_lock_control auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(voip/telisca_ips_lock_control) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/voip/telisca_ips_lock_control):

   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 voip/telisca_ips_lock_control module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(voip/telisca_ips_lock_control) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

   Name    Description
   ----    -----------
   LOCK    To lock a phone
   UNLOCK  To unlock a phone

Evasion Options


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

msf6 auxiliary(voip/telisca_ips_lock_control) > 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:

65:	      res = send_request_raw({'method' => 'GET', 'uri' => '/'})
66:	      return true if res
67:	    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionRefused
68:	      vprint_status("Connection refused")
69:	    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError
70:	      vprint_error("Connection failed")
71:	    rescue ::OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError
72:	      vprint_error("SSL/TLS connection error")
73:	    end
74:	
75:	    false

SSL/TLS connection error


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "SSL/TLS connection error" error message:

67:	    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionRefused
68:	      vprint_status("Connection refused")
69:	    rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError
70:	      vprint_error("Connection failed")
71:	    rescue ::OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError
72:	      vprint_error("SSL/TLS connection error")
73:	    end
74:	
75:	    false
76:	  end
77:	

Unexpected response <RES.CODE>


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unexpected response <RES.CODE>" error message:

103:	        print_good("The device #{phone_name} is already locked")
104:	      elsif res.body.include?('unlocked') || res.body.include?('Locking') || res.body.include?('QUIT')
105:	        print_good("Device #{phone_name} successfully locked")
106:	      end
107:	    elsif res
108:	      print_error("Unexpected response #{res.code}")
109:	    else
110:	      print_error('The connection timed out while trying to lock.')
111:	    end
112:	  end
113:	

The connection timed out while trying to lock.


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "The connection timed out while trying to lock." error message:

105:	        print_good("Device #{phone_name} successfully locked")
106:	      end
107:	    elsif res
108:	      print_error("Unexpected response #{res.code}")
109:	    else
110:	      print_error('The connection timed out while trying to lock.')
111:	    end
112:	  end
113:	
114:	
115:	  # Unlocks a phone.

Unexpected response <RES.CODE>


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unexpected response <RES.CODE>" error message:

137:	        print_good("The device #{phone_name} is already locked")
138:	      elsif res.body.include?('unlocked') || res.body.include?('QUIT')
139:	        print_good("The device #{phone_name} successfully unlocked")
140:	      end
141:	    elsif res
142:	      print_error("Unexpected response #{res.code}")
143:	    else
144:	      print_error('The connection timed out while trying to unlock')
145:	    end
146:	  end
147:	

The connection timed out while trying to unlock


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "The connection timed out while trying to unlock" error message:

139:	        print_good("The device #{phone_name} successfully unlocked")
140:	      end
141:	    elsif res
142:	      print_error("Unexpected response #{res.code}")
143:	    else
144:	      print_error('The connection timed out while trying to unlock')
145:	    end
146:	  end
147:	
148:	
149:	  def run

The web server is unreachable!


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "The web server is unreachable!" error message:

146:	  end
147:	
148:	
149:	  def run
150:	    unless port_open?
151:	      print_error('The web server is unreachable!')
152:	      return
153:	    end
154:	
155:	    phone_name = datastore['PHONENAME']
156:	    case action.name

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See Also


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Authors


  • Fakhir Karim Reda <karim.fakhir[at]gmail.com>
  • zirsalem

Version


This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.29-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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