Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-0632 - Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
administrator.cfc in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrary code by logging in to the RDS component using the default empty password and leveraging this session to access the administrative web interface, as exploited in the wild in January 2013.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs In applications, particularly web applications, access to functionality is mitigated by the authorization framework, whose job it is to map ACLs to elements of the application's functionality; particularly URL's for web apps. In the case that the administrator failed to specify an ACL for a particular element, an attacker may be able to access it with impunity. An attacker with the ability to access functionality not properly constrained by ACLs can obtain sensitive information and possibly compromise the entire application. Such an attacker can access resources that must be available only to users at a higher privilege level, can access management sections of the application or can run queries for data that he is otherwise not supposed to.
- Directory Indexing An adversary crafts a request to a target that results in the target listing/indexing the content of a directory as output. One common method of triggering directory contents as output is to construct a request containing a path that terminates in a directory name rather than a file name since many applications are configured to provide a list of the directory's contents when such a request is received. An adversary can use this to explore the directory tree on a target as well as learn the names of files. This can often end up revealing test files, backup files, temporary files, hidden files, configuration files, user accounts, script contents, as well as naming conventions, all of which can be used by an attacker to mount additional attacks.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Embedding Scripts within Scripts An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
- Web Logs Tampering Web Logs Tampering attacks involve an attacker injecting, deleting or otherwise tampering with the contents of web logs typically for the purposes of masking other malicious behavior. Additionally, writing malicious data to log files may target jobs, filters, reports, and other agents that process the logs in an asynchronous attack pattern. This pattern of attack is similar to "Log Injection-Tampering-Forging" except that in this case, the attack is targeting the logs of the web server and not the application.
Exploit-Db
description Adobe ColdFusion APSB13-03 - Remote Exploit. CVE-2013-0625,CVE-2013-0629,CVE-2013-0632. Remote exploits for multiple platform id EDB-ID:24946 last seen 2016-02-03 modified 2013-04-10 published 2013-04-10 reporter metasploit source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/24946/ title Adobe ColdFusion APSB13-03 - Remote Exploit description Adobe ColdFusion 9 - Administrative Login Bypass. CVE-2013-0632. Webapps exploit for windows platform id EDB-ID:27755 last seen 2016-02-03 modified 2013-08-21 published 2013-08-21 reporter Scott Buckel source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/27755/ title Adobe ColdFusion 9 - Administrative Login Bypass description Adobe ColdFusion 9 - Administrative Login Bypass. CVE-2013-0632. Remote exploits for multiple platform file exploits/multiple/remote/30210.rb id EDB-ID:30210 last seen 2016-02-03 modified 2013-12-11 platform multiple port 80 published 2013-12-11 reporter metasploit source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/30210/ title Adobe ColdFusion 9 - Administrative Login Bypass type remote
Metasploit
description Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication using the RDS component. Due to default settings or misconfiguration, its password can be set to an empty value. This allows an attacker to create a session via the RDS login that can be carried over to the admin web interface even though the passwords might be different, and therefore bypassing authentication on the admin web interface leading to arbitrary code execution. Tested on Windows and Linux with ColdFusion 9. id MSF:EXPLOIT/MULTI/HTTP/COLDFUSION_RDS_AUTH_BYPASS last seen 2020-06-08 modified 2019-10-31 published 2019-10-27 references reporter Rapid7 source https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/multi/http/coldfusion_rds_auth_bypass.rb title Adobe ColdFusion RDS Authentication Bypass description Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication using the RDS component. Due to default settings or misconfiguration, its password can be set to an empty value. This allows an attacker to create a session via the RDS login that can be carried over to the admin web interface even though the passwords might be different, and therefore bypassing authentication on the admin web interface leading to arbitrary code execution. Tested on Windows and Linux with ColdFusion 9. id MSF:EXPLOIT/MULTI/HTTP/COLDFUSION_RDS last seen 2020-06-08 modified 2019-10-27 published 2013-12-10 references reporter Rapid7 source https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/multi/http/coldfusion_rds.rb title Adobe ColdFusion 9 Administrative Login Bypass
Nessus
NASL family CGI abuses NASL id COLDFUSION_APSB13-03_AUTH_BYPASS.NASL description The version of Adobe ColdFusion running on the remote host is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. When RDS is disabled and not configured with password protection, it is possible to authenticate as an administrative user without providing a username or password. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to gain administrative access to the ColdFusion Administrator interface. After authenticating, it is possible to write arbitrary files to the host, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. This version of ColdFusion is reportedly affected by several additional vulnerabilities; however, Nessus has not checked for those issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 64689 published 2013-02-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64689 title Adobe ColdFusion Authentication Bypass (APSB13-03) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(64689); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:16"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0632"); script_bugtraq_id(57330); script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"24946"); script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"27755"); script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"30210"); script_name(english:"Adobe ColdFusion Authentication Bypass (APSB13-03)"); script_summary(english:"Bypasses authentication."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "A web management interface running on the remote host is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe ColdFusion running on the remote host is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. When RDS is disabled and not configured with password protection, it is possible to authenticate as an administrative user without providing a username or password. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to gain administrative access to the ColdFusion Administrator interface. After authenticating, it is possible to write arbitrary files to the host, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. This version of ColdFusion is reportedly affected by several additional vulnerabilities; however, Nessus has not checked for those issues."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://forums.adobe.com/message/4962104"); # http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2013/1/2/Part2_serious_security_threat script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?832b0298"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-01.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-03.html"); # https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/coldfusion-security-hotfix-apsb13-03.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a76b1a91"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Apply the appropriate hotfix referenced in Adobe security bulletin APSB13-03."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Adobe ColdFusion 9 Administrative Login Bypass'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/12/28"); # forum post script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/01/15"); # APSB13-03 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/02/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:coldfusion"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_nessus", value:"true"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"CGI abuses"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("coldfusion_detect.nasl", "coldfusion_rds_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("installed_sw/ColdFusion"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80, 8500); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("http.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("install_func.inc"); app = 'ColdFusion'; get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE); port = get_http_port(default:80); install = get_single_install( app_name : app, port : port ); dir = install['path']; install_url = build_url(port:port, qs:dir); # In ColdFusion 9.x, the vulnerability exists if RDS is disabled. # In CF 10 it's present if RDS is disabled _and_ configured to not require # authentication. In the name of avoiding false positives and negatives, # this plugin will only bail out if RDS is enabled and authentication # is not required, an issue which is already reported by a different # plugin (coldfusion_rds_unauthenticated.nasl) rds_enabled = get_kb_item('coldfusion/' + port + '/rds/enabled'); if (rds_enabled) exit(0, "RDS is enabled on the " +app+ " install at " + install_url); # first, get a session ID as the admin user auth_url = '/adminapi/administrator.cfc?method=login&adminpassword=&rdsPasswordAllowed=true'; res = http_send_recv3(method:'GET', item:dir+auth_url, port:port, exit_on_fail:TRUE); # success: <wddxPacket version='1.0'><header/><data><boolean value='true'/></data></wddxPacket> # failure: <wddxPacket version='1.0'><header/><data><boolean value='false'/></data></wddxPacket> # if the server doesn't explicitly say the login failed, keep going just in case it worked and # an unexpected response was received if ('false' >< res[2]) audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url); # request a page that requires authentication, in order to verify the auth bypass worked about_url = '/administrator/aboutcf.cfm'; res = http_send_recv3(method:'GET', item:dir+about_url, port:port, exit_on_fail:TRUE); if ( 'About ColdFusion Administrator' >!< res[2] && res[2] !~ 'Version: *(<[^>+>)([0-9,.]+)' ) { audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url); } if (report_verbosity > 0) { report = '\nNessus was able to login without authenticating by requesting :\n\n' + install_url + auth_url + '\n' + '\nThe login was verified by requesting the following page, which' + '\nrequires authentication :\n\n' + install_url + about_url + '\n'; security_hole(port:port, extra:report); } else security_hole(port);
NASL family Windows NASL id COLDFUSION_WIN_APSB13-03.NASL description The version of Adobe ColdFusion running on the remote host is missing hotfixes that address the following vulnerabilities : - An authentication bypass vulnerability exists that could allow an unauthorized user to gain administrative access. (CVE-2013-0625) - A directory traversal vulnerability exists that could allow an unauthorized user to gain administrative access. (CVE-2013-0629) - An unspecified information disclosure vulnerability exists that affects servers that have already been compromised. (CVE-2013-0631) - Authentication bypass vulnerability exists that could allow an unauthorized user to gain administrative access. (CVE-2013-0632) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66526 published 2013-05-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66526 title Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-03) (credentialed check) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(66526); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/27"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2013-0625", "CVE-2013-0629", "CVE-2013-0631", "CVE-2013-0632" ); script_bugtraq_id( 57164, 57165, 57166, 57330 ); script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"24946"); script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"27755"); script_name(english:"Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-03) (credentialed check)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for hotfixes"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "A web-based application running on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe ColdFusion running on the remote host is missing hotfixes that address the following vulnerabilities : - An authentication bypass vulnerability exists that could allow an unauthorized user to gain administrative access. (CVE-2013-0625) - A directory traversal vulnerability exists that could allow an unauthorized user to gain administrative access. (CVE-2013-0629) - An unspecified information disclosure vulnerability exists that affects servers that have already been compromised. (CVE-2013-0631) - Authentication bypass vulnerability exists that could allow an unauthorized user to gain administrative access. (CVE-2013-0632)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://forums.adobe.com/message/4962104"); # http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2013/1/2/Part2_serious_security_threat script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?832b0298"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-01.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-03.html"); # https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/coldfusion-security-hotfix-apsb13-03.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a76b1a91"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Apply the appropriate hotfixes referenced in Adobe security bulletin APSB13-03."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2013-0632"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Adobe ColdFusion 9 Administrative Login Bypass'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/12/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/01/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/05/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:coldfusion"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("coldfusion_win_local_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("SMB/coldfusion/instance"); script_require_ports(139, 445); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("coldfusion_win.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("smb_func.inc"); versions = make_list('9.0.0', '9.0.1', '9.0.2', '10.0.0'); instances = get_coldfusion_instances(versions); # this exits if it fails # Check the hotfixes and cumulative hotfixes installed for each # instance of ColdFusion. info = NULL; instance_info = make_list(); # a connection needs to be made to the system in order to call check_cfide_hotfix() port = kb_smb_transport(); login = kb_smb_login(); pass = kb_smb_password(); domain = kb_smb_domain(); if(! smb_session_init()) audit(AUDIT_FN_FAIL, 'smb_session_init'); cfide_file = "\CFIDE\adminapi\administrator.cfc"; searchterm = 'isRdsEnabled'; foreach name (keys(instances)) { info = NULL; ver = instances[name]; if (ver == "9.0.0") { info = check_cfide_hotfix(name, cfide_file, searchterm, 'CFIDE-9.zip'); remove = make_list("00001", "00002", "00003", "00004", "00005", "00006", "00007", "00008"); info += check_jar_hotfix(name, "00009", 2, remove); } else if (ver == "9.0.1") { info = check_cfide_hotfix(name, cfide_file, searchterm, 'CFIDE-901.zip'); remove = make_list("00001", "00002", "00003", "00004", "00005", "00006", "00007"); info += check_jar_hotfix(name, "00008", 3, remove); } else if (ver == "9.0.2") { info = check_cfide_hotfix(name, cfide_file, searchterm, 'CFIDE-902.zip'); remove = make_list("00001", "00002"); info += check_jar_hotfix(name, "00003", 1, remove); } else if (ver == "10.0.0") { # CF10 uses an installer for updates so it is less likely (perhaps not possible) to only partially install a hotfix. # this means the plugin doesn't need to check for anything in the CFIDE directory, it just needs to check the CHF level info = check_jar_chf(name, 7); } if (!isnull(info)) instance_info = make_list(instance_info, info); } NetUseDel(); if (max_index(instance_info) == 0) exit(0, "No vulnerable instances of Adobe ColdFusion were detected."); if (report_verbosity > 0) { report = '\nNessus detected the following unpatched instances :' + '\n' + join(instance_info, sep:'\n') + '\n'; security_hole(port:port, extra:report); } else security_hole(port);
Packetstorm
data source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/121210/adobe_coldfusion_apsb13_03.rb.txt id PACKETSTORM:121210 last seen 2016-12-05 published 2013-04-10 reporter Jon Hart source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121210/Adobe-ColdFusion-APSB13-03-Command-Execution.html title Adobe ColdFusion APSB13-03 Command Execution data source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/122864/PSA-2013-0819-2.txt id PACKETSTORM:122864 last seen 2016-12-05 published 2013-08-19 reporter Scott Buckel source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122864/Packet-Storm-Advisory-2013-0819-2-Adobe-ColdFusion-9-Administrative-Login-Bypass.html title Packet Storm Advisory 2013-0819-2 - Adobe ColdFusion 9 Administrative Login Bypass
Seebug
bulletinFamily exploit description No description provided by source. id SSV:78621 last seen 2017-11-19 modified 2014-07-01 published 2014-07-01 reporter Root source https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-78621 title Adobe ColdFusion APSB13-03 Remote Exploit bulletinFamily exploit description No description provided by source. id SSV:81348 last seen 2017-11-19 modified 2014-07-01 published 2014-07-01 reporter Root source https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-81348 title Adobe ColdFusion 9 Administrative Login Bypass
The Hacker News
id | THN:94E632EBA2F2F8E0EE29D17E71E3261A |
last seen | 2017-01-08 |
modified | 2013-11-13 |
published | 2013-11-13 |
reporter | Mohit Kumar |
source | http://thehackernews.com/2013/11/Adobe-Flash-ColdFusion-vulnerabilities-exploit-Hacker-News.html |
title | Security updates for available for Adobe Flash Player and ColdFusion vulnerabilities |