description = [[ VMware vCenter Server CVE-2021-21985 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This script looks the existence of CVE-2021-21985 based on CLASS/METHOD(s) available by default on vCenter e.g. "/ui/h5-vsan/rest/*" sending a POST request and looking in response body (200) JSON data. Manual inspection: # curl -s -k -X $'POST' -H $'Host: ' -H $'User-Agent: alex666' -H $'Content-Type: application/json' -H $'Connection: close' --data-binary $'{\"methodInput\":[{\"type\":\"ClusterComputeResource\",\"value\": null,\"serverGuid\": null}]}\x0d\x0a' $'https:///ui/h5-vsan/rest/proxy/service/com.vmware.vsan.client.services.capability.VsanCapabilityProvider/getClusterCapabilityData' References: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21985' https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html ]] --- -- @usage -- nmap -p443 --script CVE-2021-21985.nse -- @output -- PORT STATE SERVICE -- 443/tcp open https -- | CVE-2021-21985: -- | VULNERABLE: -- | vCenter 6.5-7.0 RCE -- | State: VULNERABLE (Exploitable) -- | IDs: CVE:CVE-2021-21985 -- | The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input -- | validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server. -- | Disclosure date: 2021-05-28 -- | References: -- |_ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21985 author = "Alex Hernandez aka alt3kx " license = "Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html" categories = {"vuln", "exploit"} local shortport = require "shortport" local http = require "http" local stdnse = require "stdnse" local string = require "string" local vulns = require "vulns" portrule = shortport.http local PATCHED = "Unauthorized" local VULNERABLE1 = "result" local VULNERABLE2 = "error" local UNAVAILABLE1 = "503 Service Unavailable" local UNAVAILABLE2 = "The requested resource " action = function(host, port) local vuln = { title = "vCenter 6.5-7.0 RCE", state = vulns.STATE.NOT_VULN, IDS = { CVE = 'CVE-2021-21985' }, description = [[ The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server.]], references = { 'https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21985' }, dates = { disclosure = {year = '2021', month = '05', day = '28'}, }, } local report = vulns.Report:new(SCRIPT_NAME, host, port) -- CLASS/METHOD(s) available for PoC purposes -- local uri = "/ui/h5-vsan/rest/*" local uri = "/ui/h5-vsan/rest/proxy/service/com.vmware.vsan.client.services.capability.VsanCapabilityProvider/getClusterCapabilityData" local options = {header={}} options['header']['User-Agent'] = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; vCenter)" local postdata = '{"methodInput":[{"type":"ClusterComputeResource","value":null,"serverGuid":null}]}' local response = http.post(host, port, uri, { header = { ["Content-Type"] = "application/json" }}, nil, postdata) if response.status and response.body then if response.status == 200 and string.find(response.body, VULNERABLE1) ~= nil then stdnse.debug2("vCenter returned 200, with json data ") vuln.state = vulns.STATE.EXPLOIT end if response.body and string.find(response.body, VULNERABLE2) ~=nil then stdnse.debug2("vCenter returned 200, with json data errors") vuln.state = vulns.STATE.LIKELY_VULN end -- Patch add authentication to the Virtual SAN Health Check plugin’s /rest/* endpoints -- Source: https://attackerkb.com/topics/X85GKjaVER/cve-2021-21985?referrer=home#rapid7-analysis if response.body and string.find(response.body, PATCHED) ~=nil then stdnse.debug2("vCenter returned 401, Unauthorized") vuln.state = vulns.STATE.NOT_VULN end if response.body and string.find(response.body, UNAVAILABLE1) ~=nil then stdnse.debug2("vCenter returned 503, Service Unavailable") vuln.state = vulns.STATE.NOT_VULN end if response.body and string.find(response.body, UNAVAILABLE2) ~=nil then stdnse.debug2("vCenter returned 404, The request resource is not available") vuln.state = vulns.STATE.NOT_VULN end else stdnse.debug2("vCenter returned unknow response.") vuln.state = vulns.STATE.UNKNOWN end return report:make_output (vuln) end