Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-1592 - Injection vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
debian
sixapart
CWE-74
nessus
exploit available
metasploit
NVD
Published: 2015-02-19
Updated: 2019-10-09

Summary

Movable Type Pro, Open Source, and Advanced before 5.2.12 and Pro and Advanced 6.0.x before 6.0.7 does not properly use the Perl Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local Perl files and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Debian
1
Application
Sixapart
32

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.

Exploit-Db

descriptionSixApart MovableType < 5.2.12 - Storable Perl Code Execution (Metasploit). CVE-2015-1592. Webapps exploit for Linux platform
idEDB-ID:41697
last seen2017-03-23
modified2015-02-11
published2015-02-11
reporterExploit-DB
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/41697/
titleSixApart MovableType < 5.2.12 - Storable Perl Code Execution (Metasploit)

Metasploit

descriptionThis module exploits a serialization flaw in MovableType before 5.2.12 to execute arbitrary code. The default nondestructive mode depends on the target server having the Object::MultiType and DateTime Perl modules installed in Perl's @INC paths. The destructive mode of operation uses only required MovableType dependencies, but it will noticeably corrupt the MovableType installation.
idMSF:EXPLOIT/UNIX/WEBAPP/SIXAPART_MOVABLETYPE_STORABLE_EXEC
last seen2020-05-28
modified2017-07-24
published2015-04-19
references
reporterRapid7
sourcehttps://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/unix/webapp/sixapart_movabletype_storable_exec.rb
titleSixApart MovableType Storable Perl Code Execution

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3183.NASL
descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Movable Type, a blogging system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2013-2184 Unsafe use of Storable::thaw in the handling of comments to blog posts could allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local Perl files or possibly remotely execute arbitrary code. - CVE-2014-9057 Netanel Rubin from Check Point Software Technologies discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in the XML-RPC interface allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. - CVE-2015-1592 The Perl Storable::thaw function is not properly used, allowing remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local Perl files and possibly remotely execute arbitrary code.
last seen2020-03-17
modified2015-03-13
plugin id81793
published2015-03-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81793
titleDebian DSA-3183-1 : movabletype-opensource - security update
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3183. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(81793);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-2184", "CVE-2014-9057", "CVE-2015-1592");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3183");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3183-1 : movabletype-opensource - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Movable Type, a
blogging system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2013-2184
    Unsafe use of Storable::thaw in the handling of comments
    to blog posts could allow remote attackers to include
    and execute arbitrary local Perl files or possibly
    remotely execute arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2014-9057
    Netanel Rubin from Check Point Software Technologies
    discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in the XML-RPC
    interface allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary
    SQL commands.

  - CVE-2015-1592
    The Perl Storable::thaw function is not properly used,
    allowing remote attackers to include and execute
    arbitrary local Perl files and possibly remotely execute
    arbitrary code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=712602"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774192"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2184"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9057"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1592"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/movabletype-opensource"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3183"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the movabletype-opensource packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 5.1.4+dfsg-4+deb7u2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'SixApart MovableType Storable Perl Code Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:movabletype-opensource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/03/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/03/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"movabletype-opensource", reference:"5.1.4+dfsg-4+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"movabletype-plugin-core", reference:"5.1.4+dfsg-4+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"movabletype-plugin-zemanta", reference:"5.1.4+dfsg-4+deb7u2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/131860/sixapart_movabletype_storable_exec.rb.txt
idPACKETSTORM:131860
last seen2016-12-05
published2015-05-11
reporterJohn Lightsey
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131860/SixApart-MovableType-Storable-Perl-Code-Execution.html
titleSixApart MovableType Storable Perl Code Execution

References