Nmap http-vmware-path-vuln NSE Script


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Script Overview

Script source code: https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/http-vmware-path-vuln.nse
Script categories: vuln, safe
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 8222, 8333
List of CVEs: CVE-2009-3733

Script Description

The http-vmware-path-vuln.nse script checks for a path-traversal vulnerability in VMWare ESX, ESXi, and Server (CVE-2009-3733).

The vulnerability was originally released by Justin Morehouse and Tony Flick, who presented at Shmoocon 2010 (http://fyrmassociates.com/tools.html).

Http-vmware-path-vuln NSE Script Arguments

This is a full list of arguments supported by the http-vmware-path-vuln.nse script:

smbdomain

The domain to log in with. If you aren't in a domain environment, then anything will (should?) be accepted by the server.

smbhash

A password hash to use when logging in. This is given as a single hex string (32 characters) or a pair of hex strings (both 32 characters, optionally separated by a single character). These hashes are the LanMan or NTLM hash of the user's password, and are stored on disk or in memory. They can be retrieved from memory using the fgdump or pwdump tools.

smbnoguest

Use to disable usage of the 'guest' account.

smbpassword

The password to connect with. Be cautious with this, since some servers will lock accounts if the incorrect password is given. Although it's rare that the Administrator account can be locked out, in the off chance that it can, you could get yourself in trouble. To use a blank password, leave this parameter off altogether.

smbtype

The type of SMB authentication to use. These are the possible options:

  • v1: Sends LMv1 and NTLMv1.
  • LMv1: Sends LMv1 only.
  • NTLMv1: Sends NTLMv1 only (default).
  • v2: Sends LMv2 and NTLMv2.
  • LMv2: Sends LMv2 only.
  • NTLMv2: Doesn't exist; the protocol doesn't support NTLMv2 alone. The default, NTLMv1, is a pretty decent compromise between security and compatibility. If you are paranoid, you might want to use v2 or lmv2 for this. (Actually, if you're paranoid, you should be avoiding this protocol altogether!). If you're using an extremely old system, you might need to set this to v1 or lm, which are less secure but more compatible. For information, see smbauth.lua.

smbusername

The SMB username to log in with. The forms "DOMAIN\username" and "username@DOMAIN" are not understood. To set a domain, use the smbdomain argument.

slaxml.debug

Debug level at which default callbacks will print detailed parsing info. Default: 3

http.host

The value to use in the Host header of all requests unless otherwise set. By default, the Host header uses the output of stdnse.get_hostname().

http.max-body-size

Limit the received body to specific number of bytes. An oversized body results in an error unless script argument http.truncated-ok or request option truncated_ok is set to true. The default is 2097152 (2MB). Use value -1 to disable the limit altogether. This argument can be overridden case-by-case with request option max_body_size.

http.max-cache-size

The maximum memory size (in bytes) of the cache.

http.max-pipeline

If set, it represents the number of outstanding HTTP requests that should be sent together in a single burst. Defaults to http.pipeline (if set), or to what function get_pipeline_limit returns.

http.pipeline

If set, it represents the number of HTTP requests that'll be sent on one connection. This can be set low to make debugging easier, or it can be set high to test how a server reacts (its chosen max is ignored).

http.truncated-ok

Do not treat oversized body as error. (Use response object flag truncated to check if the returned body has been truncated.) This argument can be overridden case-by-case with request option truncated_ok.

http.useragent

The value of the User-Agent header field sent with requests. By default it is "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nmap Scripting Engine; https://nmap.org/book/nse.html)". A value of the empty string disables sending the User-Agent header field.

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To use these script arguments, add them to the Nmap command line using the --script-args arg1=value,[arg2=value,..] syntax. For example:

nmap --script=http-vmware-path-vuln --script-args smbdomain=value,smbhash=value <target>

Http-vmware-path-vuln NSE Script Example Usage

Here's an example of how to use the http-vmware-path-vuln.nse script:

nmap --script http-vmware-path-vuln -p80,443,8222,8333 <host>

Http-vmware-path-vuln NSE Script Example Output

Here's a sample output from the http-vmware-path-vuln.nse script:

| http-vmware-path-vuln:
|   VMWare path traversal (CVE-2009-3733): VULNERABLE
|     /vmware/Windows 2003/Windows 2003.vmx
|     /vmware/Pentest/Pentest - Linux/Linux Pentest Bravo.vmx
|     /vmware/Pentest/Pentest - Windows/Windows 2003.vmx
|     /mnt/vmware/vmware/FreeBSD 7.2/FreeBSD 7.2.vmx
|     /mnt/vmware/vmware/FreeBSD 8.0/FreeBSD 8.0.vmx
|     /mnt/vmware/vmware/FreeBSD 8.0 64-bit/FreeBSD 8.0 64-bit.vmx
|_    /mnt/vmware/vmware/Slackware 13 32-bit/Slackware 13 32-bit.vmx

Http-vmware-path-vuln NSE Script Example XML Output

There is no sample XML output for this module. However, by providing the -oX <file> option, Nmap will produce a XML output and save it in the file.xml file.

Author

  • Ron Bowes

References

See Also

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The http-vmware-path-vuln.nse script may fail with the following error messages. Check for the possible causes by using the code snippets highlighted below found in the script source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

Couldn't download file:

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Couldn't download file: " error message:

47:	  if(result['status'] ~= 200 or result['content-length'] == 0) then
48:	    file = "/sdk/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/" .. path
49:	    result = http.get( host, port, file)
50:	
51:	    if(result['status'] ~= 200 or result['content-length'] == 0) then
52:	      return false, "Couldn't download file: " .. path
53:	    end
54:	  end
55:	
56:	  return true, result.body, file
57:	end

Couldn't download file:

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Couldn't download file: " error message:

96:	
97:	  -- Try to download the file
98:	  result, body = get_file(host, port, "/etc/vmware/hostd/vmInventory.xml");
99:	  -- It failed -- probably not vulnerable
100:	  if(not(result)) then
101:	    return false, "Couldn't download file: " .. body
102:	  end
103:	
104:	  -- Check if the file contains the proper XML
105:	  if(string.find(string.lower(body), "configroot") == nil) then
106:	    return false, "Server didn't return XML -- likely not vulnerable."

Server didn't return XML -- likely not vulnerable.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Server didn't return XML -- likely not vulnerable." error message:

101:	    return false, "Couldn't download file: " .. body
102:	  end
103:	
104:	  -- Check if the file contains the proper XML
105:	  if(string.find(string.lower(body), "configroot") == nil) then
106:	    return false, "Server didn't return XML -- likely not vulnerable."
107:	  end
108:	
109:	  files = fake_xml_parse(body, "vmxcfgpath")
110:	
111:	  if(#files == 0) then

Version

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