module

ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Custom Script Execution

Disclosed
Apr 9, 2022

Description

This module exploits the "custom script" feature of ADSelfService Plus. The
feature was removed in build 6122 as part of the patch for CVE-2022-28810.
For purposes of this module, a "custom script" is arbitrary operating system
command execution.

This module uses an attacker provided "admin" account to insert the malicious
payload into the custom script fields. When a user resets their password or
unlocks their account, the payload in the custom script will be executed.
The payload will be executed as SYSTEM if ADSelfService Plus is installed as
a service, which we believe is the normal operational behavior.

This is a passive module because user interaction is required to trigger the
payload. This module also does not automatically remove the malicious code from
the remote target. Use the "TARGET_RESET" operation to remove the malicious
custom script when you are done.

ADSelfService Plus uses default credentials of "admin":"admin"
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