VMware vRealize Log Insight Unauthenticated RCE
Description
VMware vRealize Log Insights versions v8.x contains multiple vulnerabilities, such as directory traversal, broken access control, deserialization, and information disclosure. When chained together, these vulnerabilities allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as the root user. This module achieves code execution via triggering a `RemotePakDownloadCommand` command via the exposed thrift service after obtaining the node token by calling a `GetConfigRequest` thrift command. After the download, it will trigger a `PakUpgradeCommand` for processing the specially crafted PAK archive, which then will place the JSP payload under a certain API endpoint (pre-authenticated) location upon extraction for gaining remote code execution. Successfully tested against version 8.0.2.
Author(s)
- Horizon3.ai Attack Team
- Ege BALCI <egebalci@pm.me>
Platform
Linux,Unix
Architectures
x86, x64
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use exploit/linux/http/vmware_vrli_rce
msf exploit(vmware_vrli_rce) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(vmware_vrli_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(vmware_vrli_rce) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(vmware_vrli_rce) > exploit
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