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ForgeRock / OpenAM Jato Java Deserialization

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Disclosed
Jun 29, 2021
Created
Jul 10, 2021

Description

This module leverages a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the OpenAM identity and
access management solution. The vulnerability arises from a Java deserialization flaw in OpenAM's
implementation of the Jato framework and can be triggered by a simple one-line GET or POST request to a
vulnerable endpoint. Successful exploitation yields code execution on the target system as the service user.

This vulnerability also affects the ForgeRock identity platform which is built on top of OpenAM and is thus
is susceptible to the same issue.

Authors

Michael Stepankin
bwatters-r7
Spencer McIntyre
jheysel-r7

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, x86, x64

References

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/multi/http/cve_2021_35464_forgerock_openam
    msf exploit(cve_2021_35464_forgerock_openam) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(cve_2021_35464_forgerock_openam) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(cve_2021_35464_forgerock_openam) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(cve_2021_35464_forgerock_openam) > exploit
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