SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory < 20230117-0 >
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               title: Pre-authenticated Remote Code Execution in cs.exe
             product: OpenText™ Content Server component of OpenText™ Extended ECM
  vulnerable version: 20.4 - 22.3
       fixed version: 22.4
          CVE number: CVE-2022-45923
              impact: Critical
            homepage: https://www.opentext.com/
               found: 2022-09-16
                  by: Armin Stock (Atos)
                      SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab

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Vendor description:
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"OpenText™ Extended ECM is an enterprise CMS platform that securely governs the
information lifecycle by integrating with leading enterprise applications, such
as SAP®, Microsoft® 365, Salesforce and SAP SuccessFactors®. Bringing content
and processes together, Extended ECM provides access to information when and
where it’s needed, improves decision-making and drives operational effectiveness."

Source: https://www.opentext.com/products/extended-ecm


Business recommendation:
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The vendor provides a patch which should be installed immediately.


Vulnerability overview/description:
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1) Pre-authenticated Remote Code Execution in cs.exe (CVE-2022-45923)
The `Common Gateway Interface (CGI)` program `cs.exe` of the `Content Server`
has a vulnerability, which allows an attacker to increase/decrease an arbitrary
memory address by 1 and to trigger a call to a method of a `vftable` with a
`vftable pointer` value chosen by the attacker.

The `cs.exe` does de-serialize (crack) the user provided data in the `_fInArgs`
parameter, if the parameter `_ApiName` is set. During this de-serialization to
a `class KOSValue` object, the function `obj_ref_cracker` can be called. This
function tries to create a new `class KOSValue` object with an unknown class ID
of `3`.

As the class ID is unknown the function returns an object of type
`KOSValueBaseClass` instead of `KOSObjRefClass`, but the value of the
`class_ptr` attribute of the new `class KOSValue` object is controlled by the
attacker. This new object can then be used to increase/decrease arbitrary
memory addresses and call methods of its `vftable` via the functions
`KOSValueBaseClass::AddReference` and `KOSValueBaseClass::ReleaseReference`.


Proof of concept:
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1) Pre-authenticated Remote Code Execution in cs.exe (CVE-2022-45923)
The following request crashes the `CGI` binary `cs.exe` with an `access
violation exception - 0xC0000005` trying to read memory from address
`0xAAAA+8`:

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[ PoC removed, will be published at a later date ]
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There are `.dll` files (`libaprutil-1` & `libapriconv-1.dll`) which are not
compiled with the security flag `Address Space Layout Randomization - ASLR`
enabled, which can be used to achieve remote code execution.

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.\winchecksec.exe --json (get-item C:\OPENTEXT-22\cgi\*.dll) > .\checksec-results.json
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cat checksec-results.json | jq -r '.[] | [.path, .mitigations.aslr.presence] | @csv'

"icudt69.dll","Present"
"icuin69.dll","Present"
"icuio69.dll","Present"
"icutu69.dll","Present"
"icuuc69.dll","Present"
"jsoncpp.dll","Present"
"libapr-1.dll","Present"
"libapriconv-1.dll","NotPresent"
"libaprutil-1.dll","NotPresent"
"libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll","Present"
"libexpat.dll","Present"
"libssl-1_1-x64.dll","Present"
"llcrypt.dll","Present"
"llisapi.dll","Present"
"llkernel.dll","Present"
"llresources.dll","Present"
"log4cxx.dll","Present"
"PocoFoundation.dll","Present"
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Vulnerable / tested versions:
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The following version has been tested:
* 22.1 (16.2.19.1803)

The following versions are vulnerable according to the vendor:
* 20.4 - 22.3


Vendor contact timeline:
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2022-10-07: Vendor contacted via security@opentext.com
2022-10-07: Vendor acknowledged the email and is reviewing the reports
2022-11-18: Vendor confirms all vulnerabilities and is working on a patch aimed to
             be released in November
2022-11-24: Vendor delays the patch "few days/weeks into December"
2022-11-25: Requesting CVE numbers (Mitre)
2022-12-15: Vendor delays the patch and provides a release date: January 16th 2023
2023-01-17: Public release of security advisory


Solution:
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Upgrade to at least version 22.4 or apply hotfixes which can be downloaded at
the vendor's page:
https://support.opentext.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0781429


Workaround:
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None


Advisory URL:
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https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/


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