Safari Archive Metadata Command Execution - Metasploit

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Module Overview

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Name: Safari Archive Metadata Command Execution
Module: exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive
Source code: modules/exploits/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive.rb
Disclosure date: 2006-02-21
Last modification time: 2020-10-02 17:38:06 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Unix
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: CVE-2006-0848

This module exploits a vulnerability in Safari's "Safe file" feature, which will automatically open any file with one of the allowed extensions. This can be abused by supplying a zip file, containing a shell script, with a metafile indicating that the file should be opened by Terminal.app. This module depends on the 'zip' command-line utility.

Module Ranking and Traits

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Module Ranking:

• excellent: The exploit will never crash the service. This is the case for SQL Injection, CMD execution, RFI, LFI, etc. No typical memory corruption exploits should be given this ranking unless there are extraordinary circumstances. More information about ranking can be found here.

Basic Usage

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msf > use exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive
msf exploit(safari_metadata_archive) > exploit

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Msfconsole Usage

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Here is how the osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive exploit module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive

msf6 exploit(osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive) > show info

       Name: Safari Archive Metadata Command Execution
     Module: exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive
   Platform: Unix
       Arch: 
 Privileged: No
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Excellent
  Disclosed: 2006-02-21

Provided by:
  hdm <[email protected]>

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

Check supported:
  No

Basic options:
  Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
  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)

Payload information:
  Space: 1024
  Avoid: 0 characters

Description:
  This module exploits a vulnerability in Safari's "Safe file" 
  feature, which will automatically open any file with one of the 
  allowed extensions. This can be abused by supplying a zip file, 
  containing a shell script, with a metafile indicating that the file 
  should be opened by Terminal.app. This module depends on the 'zip' 
  command-line utility.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0848
  OSVDB (23510)
  http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736

Module Options

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This is a complete list of options available in the osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive exploit:

msf6 exploit(osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive) > show options

Module options (exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive):

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   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)

Exploit target:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Automatic

Advanced Options

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Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive exploit:

msf6 exploit(osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive) > show advanced

Module advanced options (exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive):

   Name                    Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                    ---------------  --------  -----------
   ContextInformationFile                   no        The information file that contains context information
   DisablePayloadHandler   false            no        Disable the handler code for the selected payload
   EnableContextEncoding   false            no        Use transient context when encoding payloads
   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

Exploit Targets

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Here is a list of targets (platforms and systems) which the osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive module can exploit:

msf6 exploit(osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive) > show targets

Exploit targets:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Automatic

Compatible Payloads

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This is a list of possible payloads which can be delivered and executed on the target system using the osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive exploit:

msf6 exploit(osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive) > show payloads

Compatible Payloads
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   #   Name                                        Disclosure Date  Rank    Check  Description
   -   ----                                        ---------------  ----    -----  -----------
   0   payload/cmd/unix/bind_perl                                   normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Bind TCP (via Perl)
   1   payload/cmd/unix/bind_perl_ipv6                              normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Bind TCP (via perl) IPv6
   2   payload/cmd/unix/bind_ruby                                   normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Bind TCP (via Ruby)
   3   payload/cmd/unix/bind_ruby_ipv6                              normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Bind TCP (via Ruby) IPv6
   4   payload/cmd/unix/generic                                     normal  No     Unix Command, Generic Command Execution
   5   payload/cmd/unix/reverse                                     normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Double Reverse TCP (telnet)
   6   payload/cmd/unix/reverse_bash_telnet_ssl                     normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Reverse TCP SSL (telnet)
   7   payload/cmd/unix/reverse_perl                                normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Reverse TCP (via Perl)
   8   payload/cmd/unix/reverse_perl_ssl                            normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Reverse TCP SSL (via perl)
   9   payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ruby                                normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Reverse TCP (via Ruby)
   10  payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ruby_ssl                            normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Reverse TCP SSL (via Ruby)
   11  payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ssl_double_telnet                   normal  No     Unix Command Shell, Double Reverse TCP SSL (telnet)

Evasion Options

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

msf6 exploit(osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive) > 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::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

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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.

This exploit requires the zip command to be installed in your path

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "This exploit requires the zip command to be installed in your path" error message:

67:	  end
68:	
69:	  def check_dependencies
70:	    @zip = (Rex::FileUtils::find_full_path('7za') || Rex::FileUtils::find_full_path('7za.exe'))
71:	    return if @zip
72:	    fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "This exploit requires the zip command to be installed in your path")
73:	  end
74:	
75:	  def on_request_uri(cli, request)
76:	    # Re-generate the payload
77:	    return if ((p = regenerate_payload(cli)) == nil)

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Related Pull Requests

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• #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
• #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
• #6812 Merged Pull Request: Resolve #6807, remove all OSVDB references.
• #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
• #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
• #2634 Merged Pull Request: Reduce number of modules available on BrowserAutopwn
• #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
• #2491 Merged Pull Request: Bug #8419 - Added platform info missing on exploits
• #2229 Merged Pull Request: Add fail_with() to all module types, move Failure constants to Msf::Module
• #1241 Merged Pull Request: Removed all $Id$ and $Revision$ occurences
• #1177 Merged Pull Request: Add a maxver for the safari_metadata_archive exploit.

References

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• CVE-2006-0848
• OSVDB (23510)
• BID-16736

See Also

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Check also the following modules related to this module:

• exploit/osx/browser/safari_file_policy
• exploit/osx/browser/safari_in_operator_side_effect
• exploit/osx/browser/safari_proxy_object_type_confusion
• exploit/osx/browser/safari_user_assisted_applescript_exec
• exploit/osx/browser/safari_user_assisted_download_launch
• exploit/osx/browser/adobe_flash_delete_range_tl_op
• exploit/osx/browser/mozilla_mchannel
• exploit/osx/browser/osx_gatekeeper_bypass
• exploit/osx/browser/software_update
• auxiliary/gather/safari_file_url_navigation
• exploit/apple_ios/browser/safari_jit
• exploit/apple_ios/browser/safari_libtiff
• exploit/windows/browser/safari_xslt_output
• post/osx/gather/safari_lastsession
• exploit/linux/http/elfinder_archive_cmd_injection
• exploit/multi/fileformat/archive_tar_arb_file_write
• auxiliary/gather/apple_safari_webarchive_uxss
• exploit/linux/http/cpi_tararchive_upload
• exploit/linux/http/rconfig_ajaxarchivefiles_rce
• auxiliary/gather/apple_safari_ftp_url_cookie_theft
• post/windows/gather/credentials/safari
• auxiliary/sqli/oracle/dbms_metadata_get_granted_xml
• auxiliary/sqli/oracle/dbms_metadata_get_xml
• auxiliary/sqli/oracle/dbms_metadata_open
• post/multi/gather/aws_ec2_instance_metadata

Related Nessus plugins:

• Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)

Authors

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• hdm

Version

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