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Intel Data Center Manager 5.1 Local Privilege Escalation

The latest version (5.1) and all prior versions of Intel’s Data Center Manager are vulnerable to a local privileges escalation vulnerability using the application user “dcm” used to run the web application and the rest interface. An attacker who gained remote code execution using this dcm user (i.e., through Log4j) is then able to escalate their privileges to root by abusing a weak sudo configuration for the “dcm” user.

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RCE Security Advisory
https://www.rcesecurity.com

  1. ADVISORY INFORMATION
    =======================
    Product: Intel Data Center Manager
    Vendor URL: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/data-center-manager-console/overview.html
    Type: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs [CWE-648]
    Date found: 2022-07-16
    Date published: 2022-12-07
    CVSSv3 Score: 7.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
    CVE: -

  2. CREDITS
    ==========
    This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Julien Ahrens from
    RCE Security.

  3. VERSIONS AFFECTED
    ====================
    Intel Data Center Manager 5.1 (latest) and below

  4. INTRODUCTION
    ===============
    Energy costs are the fastest rising expense for today’s data centers. Intel® Data
    Center Manager (Intel® DCM) provides real-time power and thermal consumption data,
    giving you the clarity you need to lower power usage, increase rack density, and
    prolong operation during outages.

(from the vendor’s homepage)

  1. VULNERABILITY DETAILS
    ========================
    The latest version (5.1) and all prior versions of Intel’s DCM are vulnerable to a
    local privileges escalation vulnerability using the application user “dcm” used to
    run the web application and the rest interface. An attacker who gained RCE using
    this dcm user (i.e., through Log4j) is then able to escalate their privileges to
    root by abusing a weak Sudo configuration for the “dcm” user:

dcm ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/local/bin/SDPTool
dcm ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/cp
dcm ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/chmod

The Intel Server Debug and Provisioning Tool (SDP Tool) must be installed for the
Data Center Manager to be vulnerable. Successful exploits can allow an authenticated
attacker to execute commands as root. In this way, the attacker can compromise the
victim system’s entire confidentiality, integrity, and availability, thereby allowing
to persist within the attached network.

  1. PROOF OF CONCEPT
    ===================
    Just one way of exploitation is by replacing the current sudoers configuration:

1.Create a new sudoers configuration file using the compromised “dcm” user in i.e. /tmp/
2.sudo chmod 440 /tmp/sudoers
3.sudo cp sudoers /etc/sudoers
4.sudo /bin/bash

  1. SOLUTION
    ===========
    None. Intel thinks that this is not a vulnerability and therefore does also not assign
    a CVE for it.

  2. REPORT TIMELINE
    ==================
    2022-07-16: Discovery of the vulnerability
    2022-07-16: Reported to vendor via their bug bounty program
    2022-07-18: Vendor response: Sent to “appropriate reviewers”
    2022-07-26: Vendor states that the vulnerability “depends on something that does not exist (eg; RCE).”
    2022-07-26: Sent a clarification that a compromise of the “dcm” account is indeed necessary, but there have been RCEs in the past (i.e. through Log4j)
    2022-09-22: Vendor has troubles to reproduce the bug and asks for another PoC
    2022-09-22: Sent a clarification about the PoC
    2022-09-22: Vendor states that the report “does not clearly demonstrate a vulnerability in DCM” and the report will be closed.
    2022-09-23: Provided the vendor with a PoC utilizing Log4shell (CVE-2021-44228) in a former version of DCM
    2022-10-10: Vendor asks whether the Log4shell bug is still reproducible in the latest version of DCM
    2022-10-10: Made clear that Log4shell is not the point about the report
    2022-10-11: Vendor states “We do not clearly see a a vulnerability demonstrated in DCM”
    2022-10-12: [Back and forth about the provided PoCs]
    2022-10-12: I’m giving up.
    2022-12-07: Public disclosure

  3. REFERENCES
    ==============
    https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories

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