PostgreSQL 9.3.x < 9.3.22 / 9.4.x < 9.4.17 / 9.5.x < 9.5.12 / 9.6.x < 9.6.8 / 10.x < 10.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Nessus
High Plugin ID: 107226This page contains detailed information about the PostgreSQL 9.3.x < 9.3.22 / 9.4.x < 9.4.17 / 9.5.x < 9.5.12 / 9.6.x < 9.6.8 / 10.x < 10.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.
Plugin Overview
ID: 107226
Name: PostgreSQL 9.3.x < 9.3.22 / 9.4.x < 9.4.17 / 9.5.x < 9.5.12 / 9.6.x < 9.6.8 / 10.x < 10.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Filename: postgresql_20180301.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2018-02-26
This Plugin Published: 2018-03-08
Last Modification Time: 2022-04-11
Plugin Version: 1.13
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Databases
Dependencies:
postgres_installed_nix.nbin, postgres_installed_windows.nbin, postgresql_version.nbin
Vulnerability Information
Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: 2018-02-26
Patch Published: 2018-02-26
CVE [?]: CVE-2018-1058
CPE [?]: cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql
Synopsis
The remote database server is affected a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Description
The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 9.3.x prior to 9.3.22, 9.4.x prior to 9.4.17, 9.5.x prior to 9.5.12, 9.6.x prior to 9.6.8, or 10.x prior to 10.3. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Solution
Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.3.22 / 9.4.17 / 9.5.12 / 9.6.8 / 10.3 or later.
Public Exploits
Target Network Port(s): 5432
Target Asset(s): installed_sw/PostgreSQL, Services/postgresql
Exploit Available: True (GitHub)
Exploit Ease: Exploits (PoCs) are available
Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the PostgreSQL 9.3.x < 9.3.22 / 9.4.x < 9.4.17 / 9.5.x < 9.5.12 / 9.6.x < 9.6.8 / 10.x < 10.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vulnerability:
- GitHub: https://github.com/SexyBeast233/SecBooks
[CVE-2018-1058] - GitHub: https://github.com/ngadminq/Bei-Gai-penetration-test-guide
[CVE-2018-1058]
Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.
WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source [?]: CVE-2018-1058
CVSS V2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Base Score: | 6.5 (Medium) |
Impact Subscore: | 6.4 |
Exploitability Subscore: | 8.0 |
CVSS Temporal Score: | 4.8 (Medium) |
CVSS Environmental Score: | NA (None) |
Modified Impact Subscore: | NA |
Overall CVSS Score: | 4.8 (Medium) |
CVSS Base Score: | 8.8 (High) |
Impact Subscore: | 5.9 |
Exploitability Subscore: | 2.8 |
CVSS Temporal Score: | 7.7 (High) |
CVSS Environmental Score: | NA (None) |
Modified Impact Subscore: | NA |
Overall CVSS Score: | 7.7 (High) |
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Plugin Source
This is the postgresql_20180301.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(107226);
script_version("1.13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1058");
script_bugtraq_id(103221);
script_name(english:"PostgreSQL 9.3.x < 9.3.22 / 9.4.x < 9.4.17 / 9.5.x < 9.5.12 / 9.6.x < 9.6.8 / 10.x < 10.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote database server is affected a privilege escalation
vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 9.3.x prior
to 9.3.22, 9.4.x prior to 9.4.17, 9.5.x prior to 9.5.12, 9.6.x prior
to 9.6.8, or 10.x prior to 10.3. It is, therefore, affected by a
privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1834/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-3-22.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-4-17.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-5-12.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-6-8.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-10-3.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.3.22 / 9.4.17 / 9.5.12 /
9.6.8 / 10.3 or later.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-1058");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/02/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/02/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Databases");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("postgres_installed_windows.nbin", "postgres_installed_nix.nbin", "postgresql_version.nbin");
script_require_ports("Services/postgresql", 5432, "installed_sw/PostgreSQL");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf_extras_postgresql.inc');
var app = 'PostgreSQL';
var win_local = TRUE;
if (!get_kb_item('SMB/Registry/Enumerated'))
win_local = FALSE;
var port = get_service(svc:'postgresql', default:5432);
var kb_base = 'database/' + port + '/postgresql/';
var kb_ver = NULL;
var kb_path = kb_base + 'version';
var ver = get_kb_item(kb_path);
if (!empty_or_null(ver)) kb_ver = kb_path;
app_info = vcf::postgresql::get_app_info(app:app, port:port, kb_ver:kb_ver, kb_base:kb_base, win_local:win_local);
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:2);
# 9.3.22 / 9.4.17 / 9.5.12 / 9.6.8 / 10.3
constraints = [
{ "min_version" : "9.3", "fixed_version" : "9.3.22" },
{ "min_version" : "9.4", "fixed_version" : "9.4.17" },
{ "min_version" : "9.5", "fixed_version" : "9.5.12" },
{ "min_version" : "9.6", "fixed_version" : "9.6.8" },
{ "min_version" : "10.0", "fixed_version" : "10.3" }
];
vcf::postgresql::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:
- Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/postgresql_20180301.nasl
- Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\postgresql_20180301.nasl
- Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/postgresql_20180301.nasl
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How to Run
Here is how to run the PostgreSQL 9.3.x < 9.3.22 / 9.4.x < 9.4.17 / 9.5.x < 9.5.12 / 9.6.x < 9.6.8 / 10.x < 10.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):
- Click to start a New Scan.
- Select Advanced Scan.
- Navigate to the Plugins tab.
- On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
- On the left side table select Databases plugin family.
- On the right side table select PostgreSQL 9.3.x < 9.3.22 / 9.4.x < 9.4.17 / 9.5.x < 9.5.12 / 9.6.x < 9.6.8 / 10.x < 10.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability plugin ID 107226.
- Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
- Run the scan.
Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.
Basic usage:
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl postgresql_20180301.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a postgresql_20180301.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - postgresql_20180301.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state postgresql_20180301.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
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References
BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID: See also:
- https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107226
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1834/
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-3-22.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-4-17.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-5-12.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-6-8.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-10-3.html
- https://vulners.com/nessus/POSTGRESQL_20180301.NASL
- 108851 - Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql93 / postgresql94,postgresql95,postgresql96 (ALAS-2018-990)
- 107112 - FreeBSD : PostgreSQL vulnerabilities (e3eeda2e-1d67-11e8-a2ec-6cc21735f730)
- 108443 - openSUSE Security Update : postgresql95 (openSUSE-2018-279)
- 108527 - openSUSE Security Update : postgresql96 (openSUSE-2018-287)
- 108932 - openSUSE Security Update : postgresql94 (openSUSE-2018-340)
- 111926 - Photon OS 1.0: Postgresql PHSA-2018-1.0-0122 (deprecated)
- 121817 - Photon OS 1.0: Postgresql PHSA-2018-1.0-0122
- 111294 - Photon OS 2.0 : postgresql (PhotonOS-PHSA-2018-2.0-0031) (deprecated)
- 121931 - Photon OS 2.0: Postgresql PHSA-2018-2.0-0031
- 108530 - SUSE SLES11 Security Update : postgresql94 (SUSE-SU-2018:0755-1)
- 108531 - SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : postgresql96 (SUSE-SU-2018:0756-1)
- 108873 - SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : postgresql94 (SUSE-SU-2018:0876-1)
- 107192 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.5, postgresql-9.6 vulnerability (USN-3589-1)
- 63353 - PostgreSQL 8.3 < 8.3.19 / 8.4 < 8.4.12 / 9.0 < 9.0.8 / 9.1 < 9.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 63354 - PostgreSQL 8.3 < 8.3.20 / 8.4 < 8.4.13 / 9.0 < 9.0.9 / 9.1 < 9.1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 64669 - PostgreSQL 8.3 < 8.3.23 / 8.4 < 8.4.16 / 9.0 < 9.0.12 / 9.1 < 9.1.8 / 9.2 < 9.2.3 Denial of Service
- 65854 - PostgreSQL 8.4 < 8.4.17 / 9.0 < 9.0.13 / 9.1 < 9.1.9 / 9.2 < 9.2.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 100260 - PostgreSQL 9.2.x < 9.2.21 / 9.3.x < 9.3.17 / 9.4.x < 9.4.12 / 9.5.x < 9.5.7 / 9.6.x < 9.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 102527 - PostgreSQL 9.2.x < 9.2.22 / 9.3.x < 9.3.18 / 9.4.x < 9.4.13 / 9.5.x < 9.5.8 / 9.6.x < 9.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 127905 - PostgreSQL 9.4.x < 9.4.24 / 9.5.x < 9.5.19 / 9.6.x < 9.6.15 / 10.x < 10.10 / 11.x < 11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 148419 - PostgreSQL 11.x < 11.11 / 12.x < 12.6 / 13.x < 13.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 10483 - PostgreSQL Default Unpassworded Account
- 104031 - PostgreSQL Empty Password Handling Remote Authentication Bypass
Version
This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file postgresql_20180301.nasl version 1.13. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.
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